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Elite Rings
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| Gymnastic Rings for Strength Training |
| Challenge Your Body in a Completely New Way |
| Elite Rings are a portable version of gymnastic Still Rings that can be setup
virtually anywhere. They boost muscle activation by adding new levels of instability to
common strength exercises. |
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What Makes This a Better Fitness Product?
Gymnasts that compete on the Still Rings have amazing arm, shoulder, and back development
as a result of their unique training methods. Elite Rings allow you to replicate this type
of training anywhere, for a fraction of the cost of commercial gymnastics equipment. Elite
Rings are extremely well made, and will continue to challenge you for years to come. |
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| Have You Tried the World's Most Challenging Pushup? |
Elite Rings Pushup |
| When most people hear "Still Rings", they immediately think, "Iron
Cross", but that's just one of many strength movements that are performed on the
rings. There are dozens of others — including pull-ups, pushups, and dips — that
gymnasts practice before even attempting an Iron Cross. Nearly every exercise is more
challenging when done on the rings. Take the pushup, for example. The position is the same
as when you do them on the floor, but there's nothing (other than your own shoulder,
chest, and back muscles) to prevent your hands from moving in, out, back, or forth. If
you've never done a ring pushup, you'll be amazed at how much more difficult this makes
the exercise. |
| Elite Rings' Instability Stimulates More Muscle Fibers |
| Your body is very efficient, and only recruits
the minimum number of muscle fibers needed to complete the movement it's asked to perform.
That's great as a survival strategy, but it limits your ability to build additional
strength. To counter this, many strength trainers favor exercises that also require your
body to stabilize and balance itself. Such exercises stimulate more muscle fibers and
yields faster strength gains. That's why free weights are generally more effective than
exercise machines, and why dumbbells provide additional benefits over barbells. Ring
training extends this concept even further, providing one of the most stimulating forms of
exercise ever devised. |
Ring Dips |
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| Elite Rings for Rehabilitation |
| Because ring training activates so many
muscles in such a coordinated way, it's also an effective adjunct to some forms of
physical therapy. Note, too, that full-range movements are not always necessary. Great
gains in shoulder stability can be made from simply performing "supports" —
i.e. supporting your body over the rings with your arms extended, elbows locked. Forces on
the body can be limited by maintaining foot or knee contact with the floor, or through
manual assistance by a physical therapist. |
Support Position |
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| Everything You Need to Get Started |
The following items are included with each Elite Rings order:
- (2) Elite Rings
- (2) 18-foot high-strength nylon webbing straps with quick-lock buckles
- 112-page ebook: Ring Training for Elite Fitness
(setup instructions, basic exercises, and sample workouts)
Elite Rings' straps easily adjust in length to accommodate different exercises —
e.g. close to the floor for pushups or ab roll-outs, shoulder-high for dips, and higher
for pullups.
The straps are designed to loop over any sturdy overhead beam. We suggest using a
chinning bar, swing set frame, or a strong tree branch. You can also hang them from most
ceilings using eye-bolts (not included, but available from most hardware stores). |
| Note: All Elite Rings components have been load tested up to 1000
lbs. However, they are not intended for swinging exercises, such as giant swings and
double back flip dismounts. For those, you need an FIG-certified ring frame with spring
loaded, swivel mounts. |
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| High-Performance Rings That Go Where You Go |
Elite Rings are easy to stuff in your backpack or gym bag, and the following features
make it quick and easy to set them up in different locations:
- New S-Buckle
Elite Rings' mounting hardware now includes a special S-Buckle that allows you to attach
the straps to a mounting surface without rethreading the main quick-lock buckles. This is
a real time saver during setup.
- Measured Webbing
Elite Rings' nylon webbing now includes permanent markings, which simplifies the process
of adjusting the left and right rings to the same height.
Bored with the gym? Take your workout to the park! |
| Elite Rings' Newest Feature |
Elite Rings were previously called "EXF Rings," and made out of plastic. Now
they're made from SpiralStrength wood.
Wood is the ideal material for gymnastic rings, because it absorbs sweat, which provides a
secure grip with very little chalk. That's a major advantage when you're cranking out
muscle-ups in the heat of an intense workout.
Normal wooden rings are created by cutting a ring out of a sheet of plywood. Plywood is
versatile, but it's not optimal for rings. The unique SpiralStrength construction is
created by wrapping long thin strips of veneer into a spiral. This aligns the grain of the
wood for optimal strength along the entire ring, and also provides a clean and attractive
appearance: |
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| Elite Rings Accessories and Resources |
The following products and resources can enhance your ring training experience:
- Tite-Grip hand cream
A grip enhancing cream that works as well as gymnast's chalk, but without the mess.
- Elite Rings Users Forum
An online gathering place to exchange ideas about Elite Rings training.
- Ring Strength DVD
Elite Rings exercises demonstrated by Jordan Jovtchev, the 2-time World Champion of the
Still Rings. This video provides valuable instruction on proper form and common variations
for many different movements.
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