SpineGym core exerciser User manual

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Mettler Electronics Corp.
1333 South Claudina Street
Anaheim, CA 92805
Toll Free: (800) 854–9305
Fax: [phone]
Tel: [phone]
Web site: www.mettlerelectronics.com
Dear Customer,
Thank you for purchasing the SpineGym core exerciser. The
SpineGym is an effective tool to help strengthen the core
muscles of the back, abdoman and obliques.
For best results, carefully read the exercise intstuctions on the
following pages.
If you need additional advice, please contact us at
[e-mail] or you can call us at
800.854.9305.
Sincerely,
Mettler Electronics Corp.

Important to note when using SpineGym
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Although, when used properly, SpineGym is a very safe exercise tool, care should be
taken when starting its use. It is advisable to consult a back treatment specialist for
individual instructions to make sure the exercises suit you.
During the rst few weeks, be careful doing exercises with the SpineGym. Especially, if
you have an acute or chronic back condition, be careful when doing the exercises to
make sure you don’t overstress your muscles.
Be extra careful when performing the body rotation exercise, especially if you have an
acute back condition or strained muscles.
Do the body rotation movement only to the extent your body easily and naturally
rotates.
If you are not sure of the correct way to use it, do not use the SpineGym.
If you experience increasing pain as a result of using it, do not use the SpineGym.
Make sure the surface on which you use the SpineGym is even and stable. For instance,
a soft carpet can make the Spine Gym unstable. Make sure there is enough free room
around the SpineGym so that you can complete the exercises without hitting anything.
Do not let children play with the SpineGym. There is a danger of falling!
Do not allow a person, who does not know how to use it, use the SpineGym.
If you give the SpineGym to another person, make sure to give that person, instructions
on how to use it before use and make sure the Instruction Manual accompanies the
SpineGym.
In gyms, workplaces and other facilities, where people may not have received specic
instructions in its use, a wall poster with instructions is available from Mettler Electron-
ics or your local distributor. It can be put on the wall where the SpineGym will be used
for quick reference. Also, put the Instruction Manual in the SpineGym’s immediate
vicinity so that any questions regarding its use may be answered.

Assembly
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1. Push the bottom bars all the way down into the holes
in the base.
2. Pull the upper bar through the sleeve of the other belt
half and connect the upper and lower bar onto each other.
3. Do the same with the other upper
bar and the other belt half.
4. Adjust with Velcro the belt
length to fit you properly.
5. Ready!
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Exercise program
Be careful when starting the SpineGym exercises. With the SpineGym, very
small movements activate the deep muscles, many already when you place your
body in the exercise position in SpineGym.
The more you exert strength during the exercise movement, the more you also
actuivate middle deep and more superficial muscles.
As the basic exercise, do one series of 20-30 repeat movements of each of the three
basic exercises (back exercise, abdominal exercise, body rotation).
You can change from one exercise to another without taking any break in between
the series. Especially during the first weeks, do the exercises slowly, only exerting
slight strength.
During the first week, do the exercise series only every other day. After your back
gets used to the exercises (after about one week’s exercising), start to do your
exercises on a daily basis.
According to studies, this basic few-minute daily exercise is able to prevent
the deep muscles from becoming passive.
After your back becomes stronger, you may want to start doing the exercises several
times a day.
If you need more challenge to the exercise, you may also increase the number of
series you do (but, do take a 1-2 minute break between the exercise series) and
intensify the strength you use when exercising. (Added strength mainly contributes
to the exercise’s effect on middle deep and more superficial muscles.)
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Back exercise
With your body erect, place yourself in a standing
position on the base, with the support belt in front
of you and the padded upper bar ends behind your
shoulders.
Adjust the height of the support belt to hip height.
The length of the belt is correct when, in the starting
position, you are able to stand in an erect position.
Keep your arms relaxed, on the side of the bars or in
front of you.
Push your pelvis forward against the support belt
and bend your back steadily backward into an arch.
Keep your abdominal muscles slightly tensioned
during the entire movement.
Keep your ankles and knees straight. Do not rock
your body. Do not lean backwards to be supported
by the bars. Instead, perform the movement by
only arching your back. The bars bend only a few
centimetres. Feel the tension in the back muscles.
Return steadily to the starting position and repeat
the movement 20-30 times.
Remember the right breathing technique: Exhale
calmly during the movement’s work phase (when
tightening your muscles against the bars’ resistance)
and inhale calmly when returning to the starting
position.
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Abdominal muscle exercise
With the support belt behind your buttocks and the
padded upper bar ends in front of your shoulders,
place yourself in a standing position on the base.
The length of the belt is correct when, in the starting
position, you are able to stand in an erect position.
Bend your upper body steadily forward by tightening
your abdominal muscles.
Also when performing this exercise, keep your ankles
and knees straight. The movement advances from
your pelvis upward in your upper body and your lower
body stays as erect as possible. It is enough to have
the bars bend a few centimetres. Feel the resistance in
your abdominal muscles, but do not pull harshly.
Keeping your abdominal muscles tensioned, return
steadily to the starting position. Repeat the movement
20-30 times.
Remember the right breathing technique: Exhale
calmly during the movement’s work phase (when
tightening your muscles against the bars’ resistance)
and inhale calmly when returning to the starting
position.

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With the support belt behind your buttocks and the
padded upperbar ends in front of your shoulders,
place yourself in a standing position on the base.
Rotate your upper body steadily to the side. Feel how
the resistance of the bars increases the more the
rotational movement advances. Keep your body
erect. Do not bend.
Steaduly continue the movement to the very end
until stopped by the resistance. Don not try to jerk or
pull harshly for more rotation. Keep the movement
steady and smooth to the very end.
Changing directly over to the opposite side, continue
the movement in a similar manner, still steadily
rotating your body.
While doing this exercise, try to focus the movement
on your upper body, keeping your legs as straight as
possible and in the same place.
Repeat the exercise 20-30 times.
Body rotation exercise