The boot is off

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(09-11-2019, 04:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote:

(09-11-2019, 04:11 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: I think that’s a treadmill under water

My wife used one of these when she was recovering from a torn ACL. Basically, it's a treadmill with the lower portion in a flexible chamber. The person is strapped into the flexible chamber, it's enclosed and inflated with air. By increasing the pressure in the chamber, it lightens the load of the person's weight on the legs, simulating less gravity. It allows you to jog or walk without having to bear 100% of your weight.

At least that's my basic understanding.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/57102/how-does-anti-gravity-treadmill-work

Quote:AlterG's product looks like a bounce house for your lower body. To use it, you put on a pair of tight neoprene shorts. The shorts have a sort of skirt attached, and the skirt is lined with zipper teeth. You step onto the treadmill, inside a hole in its plastic casing, and zipper yourself in so that, from the waist down, you're encased in an airtight plastic bag. As you stand there, the treadmill measures your weight, and you tell it how intense you want your workout to be. The the machine uses "unweighting technology" to make you feel up to 80 percent lighter—so if you weigh 100 pounds, you could feel as light as 20 pounds on the treadmill. The terms "anti-gravity" and "unweighting technology" are enthusiastic descriptions for what the machine actually does, which is inflate the plastic bag around your lower body to lift you off the surface of the treadmill.