How Does the ISO7X Work – Why Isometrics Will Not Get You Ripped
In this article we will discuss exactly how does the ISO7X work and give you some background on isometric exercise.
With so much hype going on about the ISO7X it’s no wonder that many people are both curious and skeptical. If this describes you, it certainly describes me; then you will want to read this article and discover if everything you have heard about the ISO7X isometric exerciser is true or is it just all hype and a possible scam!
When I first heard about the ISO7X I was very skeptical about how a simple 7 second exercise could help me build muscle and get me ripped. So like many individuals I want to find out exactly how does the ISO7X work.
Well, the ripped part I knew was more about diet that it was about exercise. So I knew that this statement was part of the typical “infomercial” sales hype.
However, as I started to do research into isometrics and isometric exercise I discovered that this type of exercise protocol is one of the few that has been scientifically proven and validated.
It seems, that isometrics became very popular back in the 1960s and a slew of products quickly came onto the scene offering individuals the opportunity to gain strength and muscle size very quickly. In fact, based on my research many of the NFL football teams such as the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings utilized isometric exercise in their strength and conditioning program.
It seems that isometrics fell into disfavor when it was discovered that the US Olympic powerlifting team which had been advocating the use of isometric exercise as the reason for their substantial strength and muscle gains, was in reality using an oral steroid called Dianbol or methandrostenolone (its pharmaceutical name.) This product was manufactured by the pharmaceutical company CIBA and it was the predominant reason why all the power lifters were making such incredible strength and muscle gains.
However, it seems that isometric exercise was the proverbial “baby and was thrown out with the bathwater” it was dismissed as a means of generating muscle size and strength because of the fact that steroids were responsible for the incredible bodybuilding gains of the Olympic athletes.
What everyone seems to forget is that although these individuals were taking steroids they were also using an isometric power rack and practicing isometrics in their weightlifting workouts. Look I don’t know how much you know about steroids but just taking steroids alone will not build a strong and muscular body.
It just doesn’t work that way, you must also workout and your training program must be able to produce results, otherwise all the steroids do is make you bloated.
Now that we have the history lesson out-of-the-way let me clarify for once and for all that isometrics has been used for centuries in many of the martial arts, yoga and by many of the old-time strongmen. Back in the 1950s isometrics was validated as an exercise protocol by Drs. Hettinger and Müller. They conducted a great deal of research at the famous Max Planck Institute in Germany. The results of the studies were published in many scientific and trade journals of that day.
The ISO7X is not a revolutionary new isometrics exerciser. It is however, based on the design of the old Bullworker exerciser (designed in 1960s). With the exception that it utilizes a cloth strap rather than steel cables and is based on a two tube design as opposed to the much later Bullworker three tube design in the Bullworker X5.
There are other types of isometric exercise equipment that are superior to the ISO7X and offer way more in terms of warranty, training programs, and customer support.
Two of these models are the Bullworker classic, and the Bully Xtreme 4.
The Bullworker classic offers a five-year defects warranty and the Bully Xtreme 4 offers a lifetime defects warranty. If you were to choose an isometric exerciser because you want achieve greater strength and muscle size then I would recommend that you spend your money on either of these two models and leave the ISO7X behind.
In the end how does the ISO7X work? It works by using a proven scientific principle of exercise called isometrics, static contraction or Iso-Tension.