Standing glutes

With this machine, training the buttocks is simple and comfortable. By appropriately adjusting the height of the footplates, it is possible for everyone to make the centre of rotation of the machine (the centre of the R.O.M. plate) coincide with the centre of rotation of the hip (the point where the joint movement originates).

The leg-rest roller is also adjustable in height in relation to the worker’s bone levers. The inclined planes ensure the right angle of support for the pelvis, while the two lateral handrests allow perfect static alignment of the trunk during training.

It is possible to use this tool in two ways:

• movement performed with the knee flexed, involving the adductor greatus and ischiotibialis in the initial phase and the gluteus maximus in the intermediate and final phase
• a stretched leg movement that involves the gluteus medius in the beginning and intermediate phase, a muscle that is as fundamental in function as it is in aesthetics, and in the final phase the ischiotibials and the adductor grande due to hip extension.

The R.O.M. is useful in all cases in which it is necessary to intervene with reduced working angles (hypoextensibility and retraction of the hip flexors that can cause an inappropriate extension of the lumbar region and annoying tension during the exercise).

Subjects suffering from muscular hyperlaxity of the lumbar tract or from kyphosis of the dorsolumbar transition caused by inversion of the physiological curve, should use the R.O.M. appropriately, as a worsening of the situation could occur during ascent. Excessive loading is inadvisable to use as it often involves the extensor muscles of the foot and supporting leg, making the exercise risky if not dangerous.

The possibility of working alternately with the lower limbs makes the muscle isolation achieved unique. It is of great help in achieving full, firm and round buttocks and in detail work for the shape of the Great and Middle Gluteus. Also particularly appreciated in rehabilitation treatment.