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Base RPT We are passionate about improving strength, balance, and stability. We believe we can enhance the quality of life for anyone who is willing to try the RPT.

We are passionate about improving strength, balance, and stability through the use of our initial offering, the Reactive Power Trainer (RPT). We believe we can enhance the quality of life for anyone who is willing to take advantage of the unique features of our trainer.

02/17/2021

ARE YOU TRAINING YOUR ATHLETE'S BRAIN or are you only training their body. Actually, it is impossible to train the body without training the brain. Neurologists acknowledge that even leisure activities can cause changes in the brain. What I am referring to is not a by-product of training the body but a concerted focus to improve performance by programming brain training which in turn will increase strength and hypertrophy training. A number of activities have been pointed to that stimulate significant structural changes in the brain: listening to music and playing a musical instrument, learning a second language and proficiency at it, juggling, and (our concern) complex balance training. Complex balance training, such as with the Reactive Power Trainer, is a stimulus leading to synaptic and structural changes in both grey and white brain matter. Grey matter serves to process information in the brain. White matter is the "subway" of the brain. WM allows GM to connect and to keep in touch with other neurons. A decrease in grey matter indicates efficiency. A corresponding increase in white matter indicates myllenation of nerve pathways for stronger and faster signal velocity. The corresponding increase and decrease in grey and white matter are elements of a balance- maintenance mechanism of the brain in order to compensate for the global volume of the network. But more importantly, the reorganization of brain tissue facilitates "more automated and efficient coordination of voluntary movements and postural control." And who wouldn't want that? The RPT trains the brain/stimulates structural changes in the brain to process more information faster to and from the brain which results in more efficiency in turning on the right muscles, at the right time, and with the right force. Complex balance task on the RPT enhance proprioceptors, sensory neurons, relay neurons, motor neurons, and muscle fibers so that the time between stimulus and response is FAST, and the signal coordinating muscle activation is strong and clear. Your athletes will move better! And who doesn't want that?

02/11/2021

"BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE THERE IS A SPACE" is a quote attributed to Viktor Frankl. Although it refers to one making a conscious choice in the space between a stimulus and one's response, it also can be used to desribe a physical reaction or reflex. Reflexes and reaction time are both critical to athletic performance. And it is a trainable element. The path of a reflex arc is stimulus- receptor- sensory neurone- relay neurone (in spinal cord)- motor neurone- effector- response. The Reactive Power Trainer enhances reflexes and reactions by training the proprioceptors and central nervous system to process more information faster and transmit that information to and from the brain stem activating the right muscles in the right sequence at the right time and with the right force. The specific adaptations to the stimulus produced by the RPT is to increase the rate of force development, increase strength (net torque) and speed by rapidly deactivating ("dosing") antagonists, increasing power output, increasing coordination within muscle fibers and between muscle synergies, and refining control. Move strong. Move fast. Move well.

02/11/2021

The REACTIVE POWER TRAINER is a simple machine, a first class lever- a seasaw, a balance device that is "apt to move." It is a sensorimotor training tool designed to develop optimally efficient movement. It is designed to stimulate the brain and nervous system to process more information, to process it faster, and to process it faster to and from the brain so as to "turn on" the right muscles, at the right time, and with the right force increasing strength, speed, balance, coordination, power, and control. Move often and move well.

02/03/2021

TRAINING NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL The Reactive Power Trainer was designed (by me) to train the central nervous system to process more information, to process more information faster, and to process more information faster to and from the brain for more efficient movement and better quality of movement. The RPT enhances the function of all the different levels of the sensorimotor system: sensory input from proprioceptors, integration of multiple brain operations, processing of information in the central nervous system, and the appropriate motor output signals. Balancing on the RPT requires the coordination of muscle synergies and places them in functional weight-bearing positions and transitional positions similar to daily and sporting activities. The goal is to obtain equilibrium of loaded segments in static and dynamic situations and to achieve, maintain, and restore postural control for greater force generation. The ability to maintain dynamic postural control results in stronger, faster, more powerful movement.

01/05/2021

REACTIVE POWER TRAINING on the RPT leads to improvements in the following components based upon Transfer of Training and Specificity or functional task relevance:
1. Dynamic Stability
2. Postural Control
3. Dynamic Balance
4. Proprioception
5. Neuroplasticity
6. Motor Controls
7. Intramuscular Coordination
8. Intermuscular Coordination
9. Rate of Force Development
10. Rapid Antagonist Deactivation
11. Feedforward Mechanisms
12. Feedback Mechanisms
13. Synergies/ "Muscle Memory"
14. Reflex Arc
15. Reaction Time
16. Agility
17. Stretch Shortening Cycle
18. "ABC" Triphasic Action

01/05/2021

THE REACTIVE POWER TRAINER: SPECIFICITY AND TRANSFER OF TRAINING The Transfer of Training principle suggests that learning and performing one activity affects the performance of related skills and activities. Specificity of training is training that is relevant and appropriate to the sport or FUNDAMENTAL TASK in order to produce the best effect. An objection that has been raised to using balance devices in strength and conditioning, and sport performance programs is in the form of a query: "The surface we play on doesn't move so why train on an unstable surface?" Actually, that is a really good question. The answer is related to transfer and specificity of training (in that order). Does the activity closely resemble or duplicate the skill or movement desired. Although the playing surface does not move, "Most athletes across basketball, soccer, football, hockey, rugby, etc. will agree that while the game is played on a stable surface, once the game starts it's no longer a stable environment." In todays ultra-competitive sports environment, training dynamic stability and balance is no longer an option. The RPT has an unstable platform that is designed to train both. What is the FUNCTIONAL TASK being trained- specifically? The key to optimal dynamic stability is the mastering of momentum control of the trunk and center of mass relative to the position of the lumbopelvichip complex. The moment of force at the hips has two functions: one is to keep the lower limb from collapsing during the weight support phase, and the second is to help control the upper body position during weight transfer and the single limb phase. In other words, training on the RPT is to develop stability of the leg(s) for maximal force generation and propulsion, and control of the position of the upper body to maintain balance. The transfer is less energy expended on balancing and more energy expended in propulsion. This has a direct correlation to fatigue as well as movement efficiency. Train hard. Train smart. Move really well!

01/02/2021

Reactive Power Training on the RPT is "movement preparation."

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