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Old 16th February 2006, 01:49 AM   (permalink)
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Here's some stuff like them:

http://healthandfitness.com/kangoo_jumps/

Bah I can't find the good ones....perhaps homemade? I can see tubular steel/aluminum enclosing a spring...they're still amazing.

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They have some new thing with disks. The disks contain different strngths of springs...
They look like giant rubber bands that wrap around a center cylinder to me...

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Old 16th February 2006, 03:48 AM   (permalink)
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I ahven't seen the original bowflex on TV for a long time. They have some new thing with disks. The disks contain different strngths of springs and as you pull the handles, the disks rotate to compress the springs.

I wonder how fast you could run in those?
i see the original here all the time...like 10 bars on each side and you clip each onto the wire...SNAP!!! :roll:
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Old 16th February 2006, 03:52 AM   (permalink)
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i forgot to post it all but i found a few sites with the originals in the clip....they are $500 and not homemade...

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http://www.powerisermods.com/adam_gear_.jpg

cheapest price ive ever seen...
http://www.technologyshoppingnetwork.com/srboots.html

http://superdairyboy.com/poweriser.html

they say the spring wears out and is fiberglass....

it could snap at any time i guess.......not too fun
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