{"id":122,"date":"2008-05-01T01:47:55","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T23:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/wordpress\/exercise-gimmicks-vol-3-the-giddyup-core-exerciser\/"},"modified":"2015-02-12T20:18:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T01:18:26","slug":"exercise-gimmicks-vol-3-the-giddyup-core-exerciser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/exercise-gimmicks-vol-3-the-giddyup-core-exerciser\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Gimmicks, Vol. 3: the Giddyup Core Exerciser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like the Hawaii Chair in the last installment<\/a>, the “Giddyup Core Exerciser<\/a>” is yettanother core “workout” where the machine does the work for you.\u00a0 In this case, you “saddle up” and the dual motors provide you with an effortless workout based on “counter-balance exercise.”\u00a0 The idea here is that you have to contract your core muscles in order to retain your balance.\u00a0 As the fitness babe in the infomercial chirps: “The most appealing aspect of this counterbalance motion is that the user is exercising without really doing anything.\u00a0 There is no exertion from the user.”<\/em><\/p>\n

No kidding.<\/p>\n

Now I don’t doubt that the Giddyup Core Exerciser will provide some basic core strengthening.\u00a0 After all, horseback riding is used as a form of physical therapy (“hippotherapy”)\u00a0for people with disabilities that affect motor control and coordination, such as cerebral palsy<\/a>.\u00a0 There is, however, an upper limit to the benefits a device like this can provide.\u00a0 To truly strengthen your core, the exercise needs to be progressive…just\u00a0like\u00a0for any other muscle group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The claim that you can\u00a0“maximize<\/strong> the strength of the core body’s abdominal, oblique and low back muscles”\u00a0is ridiculous…”improve a little” is more like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Update: Ok this isn’t the “Giddyup” – it’s a competitor’s model, the iGallop<\/a>. But I still thought it was a howl.\u00a0 I guess this sort of\u00a0device is more versatile than I thought.<\/p>\n

[youtube:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWZKjtFUeco]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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