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| Lying Leg Curl provides perfect exercise for the hamstrings. Thick roller pads provide maximum comfort to the Achilles/heal area during exercise. Proper full range resistance is provided by the patented Nautilus cam. A mild stretch is provided when legs are straight (no slop in the chains) to help maintain and/or improve hamstring flexibility. 150 pound weight stack in 10 pound increments will keep even the strongest among us challenged. Trainers tip: by placing a 1" piece of garden hose onto one of the weight stack guide rods, a visual target is created after your first repetition (garden hose will stay in place at this high water mark position throughout the rest of your set). This will force you to squeeze hard at the top of each repetition to ensure maximum range of motion. It will also drastically display improper throwing of the weight as the lifter is unable to control the weight at the top of the range without a bounce at the top. This will force the lifter to slow the repetitions down, eliminating momentum from the exercise. This dramatically improves the quality of the exercise and allow the cam to work most effectively matching the subjects natural strength curve precisely. Less weight is needed when the weight is lifted (and not thrown) in order to reach muscular failure. |
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Nautilus Chrome Leg Curl
Nautilus Chrome 40 Degree Chest & Shoulder
Shoulder Shrugs can be performed easily by sitting on headrest and grasping the taped chrome bars on either side.
Hip Adduction can be performed easily by raising seat to highest position. Lie with back flat on seat pad and head hanging off front. Feet are lightly touching the black nipples on the shroud on either side of the headrest, while positioning inner knees under roller pads. Squeeze knees together until pads touch. Almost allows a full contraction of the adductors. Cam matches the adductor strength curve pretty evenly also.
Nautilus Chrome Duo Decline Press
Includes the Infimetric / Akinetic bar option on the weight stack.
Brand new matching back pad (not shown) included with purchase.
This exercise can be done 1)both arms together 2)one arm contracted while other arm works 3)one arm stretched while other arm works 4) infimetric bar in place working both arms simultaneously with one arm providing resistance to the other arm.
Nautilus Chrome Compound Rowing
Side Bends can easily be performed on this machine as well simply by graping one of the lower handles with arm straight and moving away from the handle far enough to allow a stretch in the side while bending without the weight stack touching.
Negative only Shoulder Press can be performed on this machine as well, without the need for an assistant. This is done by kneeling on a pad in the front of the machine. Squat down with arms straight and get under the weight. Keeping arms straight, raise you butt back up until back and upper legs are parallel. Then begin lowering the resistance by bending the arms while keeping the back and upper legs rigid with no movement. When weight stack touches, immediately squat down again, straighten arms, then lift weight to top position again by lifting butt upward until upper thighs and back are straight again.
Nautilus Chrome Lat Pulldown
Brand new matching seat (not shown) is included with purchase.
Tricep Pressdown can easily be performed on this machine as well simply by looping a towel or heavy gauge rope over outermost handle. Then do the pressdown like you would off of a high pulley system.
By standing on the seat, a Dipping motion can be performed by pressing down on both handles simultaneously while keeping body erect. This is a perfect way for people to do dips that are not strong enough to handle their own bodyweight.
Nautilus Chrome 70 Degree Shoulder with 250 pound weight stack
Nautilus Chrome 70 Degree Shoulder Machine. Simulates an overhead press movement with resistance applied directly to the upper arm (bicep) throughout the range of motion. In a traditional overhead press movement, whether it be on the Nautilus Overhead Press Machine, a barbell, or dumbbells, the resistance is applied directly to the palm of each hand. As a result, the triceps are very actively involved in the overhead pressing movement. Because the triceps are much weaker than the shoulder muscles (deltoids), in a maximum effort on the overhead press movement, the triceps will reach failure before the shoulders do, forcing the lifter to discontinue the exercise long before the shoulders have been properly stimulated. Therefore, the overhead press exercise is an inferior exercise for developing the shoulders. This Nautilus 70 degree shoulder exercise, because it applies the resistance directly to the upper arms, allows the shoulder muscles to be isolated and trained to failure for maximum stimulation because the triceps have been eliminated from the equation (they are no longer involved because the resistance has been redirected to the arms rather than the palms). In addition to isolating the deltoids, this machine also provides for a greater range of motion. While raising the resistance (pads fit into the crooks of the arms with palms turned upward towards the ceiling), the deltoids are allowed to contract until the pads touch together overhead with the head tilted back at the top of the movement. This is a much greater contraction than can be achieved, even with dumbbells. Furthermore, with dumbbells, there is very little resistance being applied to the deltoids at this critical point of full muscular contraction, as most of the resistance is being applied to the triceps or worse, being supported exclusively by the bone structure of the arm while in a fully locked out position, enabling the deltoids to rest momentarily, which takes us further away from our goal of bringing the deltoids to full muscular failure, which produces maximum stimulation for growth. The traditional overhead press exercise does not provide adequate stretching of the deltoids either, as the upward motion resumes after the weight is brought back to shoulder height. With the Nautilus 70 degree shoulder isolation exercise, the resistance drops well below the shoulder height and provides a deep stretch for not only improved flexibility, but more adequate strength development, as this last few degrees range of motion is never tapped into by the traditional overhead press. In summary, this machine provides the advantages of fuller range of motion at both the top and bottom of the movement when compared to traditional overhead pressing. Additionally, it allows the training subject to reach true muscular failure in the shoulders since the triceps have been eliminated from the exercise and the shoulders have been isolated.
Nautilus Chrome Multi Bicep Curl Machine with 150 pound weight stack
Includes the Akinetic / Infimetric bar on the weight stack.
This exercise can be done 1)both arms together 2)one arm contracted while other arm works 3)one arm stretched while other arm works 4) infimetric bar in place working both arms simultaneously with one arm providing resistance to the other arm.
Nautilus Chrome Multi Tricep Extension Machine with 150 pound weight stack
Includes Infimetric /Akinetic Bar on the weight stack.
This exercise can be done 1)both arms together 2)one arm contracted while other arm works 3)one arm stretched while other arm works 4) infimetric bar in place working both arms simultaneously with one arm providing resistance to the other arm.
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