Fitness professionals know the benefits of strength training and want the best for their clients. The advent of strength training and fusion in aerobics classes has lent itself to better accessibility to these benefits. Still, many of the best bodybuilding exercises that I had used for years with excellent results were just not being used in group exercise classes.

One of the major hurdles was to modify these exercises to suit different participants needs and fitness levels and the equipment itself, which needed to be simple and portable. As a Personal Trainer and group exercise instructor, I saw the usual equipment like bands and dumbbells was just that, usual, I wanted to design an exercise tool that was new, effective (the bands and dumbbells were just not cutting it for working the back, chest and abs) and of course, fun.

All of these challenges have been met with the Equalizer which makes traditional strength training in a group setting easy and accessible. Club Business International Magazine says, The heart of this exercise tool is two, eight pound steel bars but its simplicity belies its sophistication.

The following email is from a class participant;

Subject: The Equalizer - hope to see more of it in the classes and on the schedule!

Dear Lori,

Thanks for organizing an "Equalizer" session a few weeks ago. I can always count on you to breath life into our workout routines and to be on the cutting edge!!! I have also appreciated using it in your Core Resistance Class on Mondays to target different areas (I don't think my triceps have ever worked that hard, nor do I think I have ever done a chin up before!!).

I hope that we will have more classes that either primarily use the Equalizer or incorporate the equipment into the class, as you have been doing.

Thanks again,

Laila

The trend towards fusing various activities into one class continues and makes the Equalizer fit any programming. It is being used in all sorts of cardio pump classes, boot camp, boxing, even pilates. A not so obvious benefits of strength training where you use your bodyweight as resistance is that it engages the CORE, unlike most selectorized machines on the weight room floor where you are sitting and/or the body is stationary.