Comments on: $15,000 For WHAT?!? http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/ by "Mighty" Joe Stankowski, all-around-good-guy. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Randy Lee http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2245 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:07:17 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2245 Once again the critical-thinking-challenged American public has their say. And once again they are FOS. The ROM Quickgym is a work of art and genius. The company operates at the highest ethical level I have ever seen in any company anywhere in the world. What other company finds out that you just bought one of their products USED(!), and then proceeds to send to you, entirely at the company’s own expense, and on their own initiative, updated parts to install on your 5 year-old, used machine???? You know the answer as well as I do: NONE!

As for the health benefits of the recommended use of the machine, well, if you are someone who has no problem exercising every day for about 45 minutes a day, pass on the ROM; you are probably just fine without it. However if you are like me: go to the gym 3 days a week for two weeks, and never go back for TWO YEARS, then the ROM is a gift from the Gods! I am slowly but surely reclaiming my nearly extinguished health.

One of the concepts that you dunderheads need to wrap your pea brains around is that there is a difference, a profound difference between health and fitness. Fitness is the ability to perform athletic feats. Health is the sound functioning of the body. You can be both fit and healthy, but you need not be especially fit to be healthy. Conversely, you can be very fit and not be all that healthy: think of the star athletes who hobble into the locker room after practice.

The key concept here is that training to achieve fitness may not be the best way to achieve health. It may even be counter-productive. The ROM is designed to exercise your body in a way that promotes health. If you start out as a couch potato, are you fitter as a result? Yes, of course. On the other hand, many of the exercise routines designed to promote fitness may not optimize health. They definitely don’t help health at all, WHEN YOU FAIL TO DO THEM! Hello? I’m talking to you – you know who you are. I know, ’cause I’m one of you! But when all you have to do is your four minutes of torture a day, not even I can make an excuse that holds water.

So, if you compare the ROM’s health exercise routine to fitness exercise routines, yes, it looks different, of course it does – it has a different goal. Believe me though, it frickn’ works. I have not felt this healthy since I was 20 years old, and I have only been ROMing for about 3 months. Also, after 3 months of ROM, I am able for the first time in my 55 years on this planet to stick to a diet. Now I am losing weight as well as getting healthy. Would I have lost the weight eventually with the ROM alone? Yes, but it takes a long time that way. Could I have gone on the diet and stuck to it without the ROM? No way. Will I continue ROMing after I have lost the weight and modified my diet to maintain my new weight? Yes, for the rest of my now possibly very long life.

If you find my arrogant tone off-putting, too bad. Don’t buy one, die off, and leave the thoughtful segment of the populace in peace!

]]> By: sbpilates http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2227 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:21:05 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2227 We have owned the machine for about 9 years now. WE love it. Our clients love it. IT really works..!.. You really should find a Gym or Studio that owns one. Most folks don’t buy the machine they come to a gym or studio like ours that has one. WE offer packages for the ROM and also all of our Pilates clients get to use it as part of there workout.

Its not Hype. It really does work. !

Santa Barbara Pilates and Fitness

]]> By: brian http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2223 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:38:19 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2223 Please try one and then give us an opinion if it works or not.
It would be great if all of the people who write that they cannot work would actually try one for 30 days first. I don’t own one but I used one last week for 8 minutes. First the upper body, then a short rest and then the lower body. I used to be a collegiate rower and the 4 minute workout destroyed me like a championship race. I used to own a concept 2 ( amazing piece of equipement) but it is tough to do the 20-40 minute ” peices” on the concept 2 erogometer. Again, I used this one time it would be nice for a trainer to try it for 30 days and then give us a report.

]]> By: maxbatista http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2213 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:45:29 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-2213 nice photo.

]]> By: matt http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-1512 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:04:54 +0000 http://morningcupofjoe.com/2007/12/05/15000-for-what/#comment-1512 The idea is not to buy one !.. It is to use one. Many studios like ours offer the ROM at about $5 bucks per session.

We augment all of our Pilates workouts with the ROM and also offer ROM walk ins for our non Pilates Customers. They all love it. 15k is not much for Fitness equipment for a Professional Studio / Gym. But for the home users its a bit spendy.

So don’t go buy one. Support your local Fitness Studios and your over all Health you will not be disappointed.

Anyone in the Santa Barbara Area is welcome to come try ours for Free.

Just call or email us so we know your coming.

Santa Barbara Pilates and Fitness.

Real world Rom Studies
http://sbpilates.com/studies/

Rom Video and info,
http://sbpilates.com/rom/

ROM Blog
http://sbpilates.com/category/rom-machine/

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