Flowbar Instructional Video
The SEAL Fit Flowbar focuses on six simple, but comprehensive functional movements:
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Squat assisted pull-up
THE FLOWBAR
Introducing the new SEAL Fit Flowbar - the ultimate tool for home and travel exercise. The Flowbar is perfect for on-the-go workouts for the 6 simple but key functional exercises that can be combined into a great 10-20 minute workout covering all major muscle groups and core development. Combined with a jump-rope or run in between sets and you have a great body-weight CrossFit workout as well.Designed as a way to do assisted pull-ups and dips, the Flowbar is revolutionizing home gym and travel workouts by focusing on functional movements, rather than static, isolation movements. Including a squat with a pull-up or dip is the holy grail of functional exercise, and will build strong hip and core strength.
The Flowbar focuses on seven simple, but comprehensive functional movements:
* Squat assisted pull-up
* Squat assisted dip
* Row
* Knee-ups
* Squats and Squat Jumps
* Push-up
The SEAL Fit Flowbar can be used anywhere, anytime. It is small and light enough to travel, and works on any door that shuts firmly.
The Flowbar offers a complete full body workout in the simplest, most time efficient, and cost effective manner than any product available.
The SEAL Fit Flowbar is a very simple training tool that allows users of any age, size or fitness level to benefit from the same proven training principles that gymnast’s and the Navy SEALs use to get highly fit – gravity and functional movements.
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It is proven that when a person achieves the ability to ‘Pull his or her own weight’ and move in a manner that is functionally sound; they can maintain a high level of fitness, prevent injuries and immunize themselves against obesity. These are time-honored techniques, but the Flowbar is revolutionary in its ability to allow any person the ability to utilize these training techniques is such a simple fashion without the use of complex gym equipment.
The Flowbar can be used anywhere, anytime. It is small and light enough to travel, and works on any door that shuts firmly.
Due to the functional nature of the 6 Core exercises, and the intensity level gained by moving through a set number of repetitions in a timed manner, the Flowbar produces a tremendous training effect with a small investment of time (10 to 20 minutes per day, 3 to 4 days per week).
The Flowbar offers a complete full body workout in the simplest, most time efficient, and cost effective manner than any product available.
This is what Men’s Fitness author Rick Osborne has to say about the Flowbar and inventor Steve Elbogen:
Last issue, we talked about using leg-assisted pull-ups in conjunction with a height-adjustable chinning bar as a simple, user-friendly means of performing conventional pull-ups. This issue, we will talk about using leg-assisted pull-ups and dips in conjunction with an incredibly simple exercise device. This will help you get an unbelievably concentrated strength and cardio workout that covers the entire body from head to toe.
And this in almost no time!
THE INVENTION
The equipment sitting in the eye of this mini-tornado of a workout is called the FlowBar. It was developed by a practical minded personal trainer and surfer from Southern California named Steve Elbogen. The FlowBar costs less than $100, including shipping and handling. It can effortlessly be used in any home, gym or hotel room. It fits easily inside a suitcase loaded with clothes, and it’s suitable for the average senior citizen, male or female, yet will challenge any finely tuned athlete in tip-top condition. In the category of versatile, comprehensive, functional fitness equipment, I’ve never seen anything comparable to Steve Elbogen’s FlowBar. It is truly in a league of its own.
Elbogen’s motivating business dilemma leading to the FlowBar was that new clients were constantly signing up to train with him, and then they’d return to earth when they came to the realization that fitting a regular workout into a busy schedule was harder than they’d thought. Then they’d drop out, leaving Elbogen constantly scrambling for new clients. And it was always the same excuse time after time after time: “I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to cancel my training session. I just don’t have the time.”
Elbogen turned this dilemma into a challenge by making it his business to condense his
client’s workouts down into less time. This was critical in order to counter the “I don’t have time” excuse. In other words, he was systematically steering his clients in the direction of multi-joint exercises (i.e., pull-ups and squats) that work several of muscle groups at the same time, and away from single-joint exercises (i.e., biceps curls and leg extensions) that work only one muscle group at a time. “From a time consumption
standpoint,” Elbogen says in earnest, “multijoint exercises cover a lot more ground in a lot less time. Life is played on a multi-joint field, not a single-joint field. You never see anyone doing biceps curls, triceps pushdowns or leg extensions outside the weight room. That’s not how the body is designed to work.” “Historically speaking,” he continues, “single-joint exercises were first developed by bodybuilders who wanted to work on one particular muscle group at a time. This was only for the sake of the judging process con-
ducted at competitions, which are central to that sport.
Baseball, football and basketball players, track and field participants and golfers, on the other hand, are always running, jumping, throwing and hitting things. And these kinds of sporting activities are all multijoint in nature.”
SIMPLE EXERCISES
As this practical process of simplification continued in Elbogen’s mind and in his business practice, he finally came to the realization that with only two simple multi-joint exercises, he could work approximately 90 percent of all the muscle groups in the body. In doing so, he could reduce his client’s time requirements considerably. Suddenly, the “I have no time” excuse would finally be in the rear view mirror.
The two comprehensive exercises included leg-assisted pull-ups and leg-assisted dips. And to accommodate his client’s opportunity to do these exercises, he developed the FlowBar, along with a strategy he calls his “Two Minute Workout.”
I have personally witnessed finely tuned athletes reduced to mush, virtually begging for Elbogen’s two minute drill to end. Once finished, these initially swaggering, macho skeptics struggled to apologize, and told Elbogen why he was right and they were wrong. In the wake of the workout, every muscle in their body was on fire and their astonishment was written all over their faces. On the other hand, I’ve also witnessed regular folks (non-athletes, guys and girls) successfully use the FlowBar in order to get an incredibly comprehensive workout in an extremely short amount of time. But that’s not all. The FlowBar is portable, affordable and allows you to do all of the most effective exercises anywhere there’s a solid door. These include pull-ups, rows, dips, push-ups, squats and ab work. If you’re a fan of simplification, are enthusiastic over functional fitness, and short on time – and you have a hard time smashing an incredibly intense workout into an incredibly busy schedule – the FlowBar was specifically developed with you in mind.
Editor’s Note: To learn more about the Flow bar, visit the NavySEALs.com online store where it is offered exclusively. Visit NavySEALs.com to learn more about this ingeniously simple and practical device. It is an absolute slam-dunk winner for quick and useful fitness!
