Arc Trainer featuring Parker Valby

I suggested this as early as last year. I hope her current sponsorship(s) don’t have clauses that would restrict this type of activity.

Thanks for that video, that “Gazelle Freestyle Pro” might be good for cross-training runners, as well, particularly for getting a good dynamical stretch under low impact.

The Arc Trainer claims improvement in “dynamic functional capacity of the legs”:

I know a fair bit about this product and used it to train through plantar fasciitis and basically kept 95% of fitness. the problem is if you try to do high enough cadence to mimic running the machine will start to act a little wacky, but it works well at 120 to 140 and with higher resistance. maybe they’ve fixed it in newer iterations though, it’s been 5 years or so since I used it.

it’s made by cybex which is owned by life fitness which is owned by private equity firm KPS capital

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it used to be owned by Brunswick (which makes boats and boat engines) until 2019

Thanks. I’m seeing some research mentioning 180spm.

Here is a video on science and claimed benefits:

I could definitely get it up to 170 to 190 but the belt would skip, it would start to shake violently, etc. best results were at 120 to 140 with higher resistance. Maybe they’ve improved it though.

STUDY PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to compare peak muscle activity of the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, biceps femoris, and gluteus maximus when using the Arc Trainer, Stair Stepper, and Tread Mill.

CONCLUSION:
At the settings used for this study, the Stair Stepper and Arc Trainer could provide a strengthening effect for the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis. The Treadmill and Arc Trainer could provide a strengthening effect for the biceps femoris. The strengthening effect is greater with use of the Arc Trainer than that of the Treadmill. The Arc Trainer appears to be the only device able to provide a strengthening effect for the rectus femoris. The gluteus maximus did not have sufficient load to result in a strengthening effect with any of the devices used.

my gym has a couple and I would struggle getting any kind of normal to high cadence (160-180) going because it would rock/shake/move from its spot quite easily. I am 6'3 165, an absolute bean pole so if I am making it rock somethings up

Great idea, PV can show in the ad how she sets the ARC trainer up very close to a wall to practice tangents.

Maybe an opportunity exists for a competitor to step up and address any deficiencies in the CYBEX product line. And that company should snag PV for promotion of it.

After watching Nutty and Natty’s, I think PV now has the tangent thing figured out.👌

Thanks for sharing this study. Very interesting.

if you move up the incline all the way, it reacts much better to 180-190 spm

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