Like any purposed built inversion equipment, you can gain benefit by using it.
That is obvious and you might be thinking to yourself, ‘Duh, could you be more specific? I already knew that.'And of course I can.'
You see, lets say you own a teeter hang ups inversions system in your home. You’ve been diligently ploughing along, doing upside down sits ups and getting frustrated because you seem to be reaching a plateau.
You try going harder but it seems like your body has a limit that you just cannot go past. Is it the equipment or is it your body?
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The likelihood is that it is neither. Hang ups inversion table work when you do. If you are using a quality inversion table, the mechanics are the same. The only variable is you.
But the complicating factor is not your body, more than likely the complicating factor is your workout technique. Inversion tables work period. Any fitness inversion table will give you the results you seek when used properly. The trouble is that most people aren’t aware of what properly means.
Let me ask you a few questions. Are you aware of your own body? Do you know where your tension points are? How is your form when you workout? Which muscles are you activating? How are you breathing when you exercise? When do you exhale, which is your hardest breath?
Can you answer those questions with precision? IF you can’t then I will bet you 10 cents to a dollar that your technique is what is keeping you from moving beyond your current level of fitness.
Teeter hang ups or not, you are placing brakes on your own progress and until you sort out what specific aspect is holding you back there will be no further movement. Whether you are looking for higher reps, faster rate, more weight loss, etc it doesn’t matter.
Perfect practice makes perfect. You have to perform the exercise in the correct way or rather you need to engage your body in the right way so that you can get maximum bang for your exercise buck.
Strength training with inversion equipment is sensible and very effective but it is also dependent on the operator - you.
So if you aren’t up to scratch then your results will not be. Let me give you a teeter hang specific tip.
How large is your sway when you perform your workouts? Are you utilizing all the muscle groups equally or are you straining one part of your body at the expense of the other muscles? You might easily be damaging the surrounding muscles and only working your biceps and traps when you do a pull up or inversion sit up. Hmmm...something to think about when you next get on that inversion bar.
You have to move past the notion that the tool will take you to where you need to go. A machine is simply that...a machine. Your job is to look at the inversion table and think about how you affect your workout. What are you doing with your back, when you do a chin up how much power is going into each muscle and what side are you using most off. Are you hips engaged when you are fighting gravity? Do you get pain in certain positions?
Are you progressing in your fitness routine? Do you stretch prior and after exercise? Is your plateau related to time of day? Do you do other sports which may be interfering with your actual workout. Do you get relief from your warm down? Are you noticing the information that your body is feeding back to you?
Track your progress and look at the work that you are performing. It is not good enough to look at the weight rack, your bench press numbers, or any other information without giving thought to how you contribute.
Put your thinking cap on the next time you approach your workout, you will notice a big difference. And see the real benefit of any inversion equipment you come across with.