Swim Industry News: Vasa Announces New “Foot Platform”

ESSEX JUNCTION, VT, June 4. FITNESS guru, sports physiologist, author and inventor of the acclaimed Vasa Trainer, Rob Sleamaker, announced today the debut of the new Vasa Trainer "Foot Platform."

Since 1988, the versatile Vasa Trainer has been the sports-specific training choice of discriminating Olympic and world champion coaches, swimmers, surfers, skiers, triathletes, rowers and athletes from many other sports. Thousands of health clubs, physical therapists and fitness enthusiasts around the world also use the Vasa Trainer for its unsurpassed conditioning benefits. The Foot Platform is the latest innovation that transforms this highly effective functional training machine into a complete "athlete’s gym".

As the newest improvement to the widely used Vasa Trainer equipment, the "Foot Platform" expands the functionality and appeal of the Vasa Trainer for athletic, fitness and sports-medicine professionals. It allows the athletic enthusiast to perform essential leg exercises including squats, lunges, plyometric vertical leaps and powerful starts. Incorporating the new accessory allows athletes to more effectively perform plyometric leg push offs, lunges, calf raises and aerobic total body exercises.

The Vasa Trainer is recognized and utilized by thousands of universities, colleges and clubs throughout the U.S. as well as the world’s top triathletes, swimmers, surfers and trainers. The Vasa Trainer is a versatile sports-specific device that provides over 150 multi-plane, functional exercises using body weight as the primary resistance. It
is designed to condition the entire body by building
strength, power, speed and endurance. U.S. swim coaches have consistently requested Vasa Trainers for their athletes’ use during World Championships and Olympic games since 1992.

Here are what athletes, coaches and fitness enthusiasts have to say about the Vasa Trainer: "It’s very important to have long, lean muscles and the Vasa Trainer really provides that conditioning. It’s very close to what you’re doing in the swimming pool which is why it’s really beneficial to swimming." Lenny Krayzelburg, Winner of 3 Gold Medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and World record holder in backstroke.

Dave Scott, legendary six-time winner of the Hawaii IronMan triathlon and professional coach, has this to say: "The Vasa Trainer provides exactly the right sports-specific conditioning athletes need to be at their best. The functional training is unsurpassed. Its versatility is incredibly valuable to me as an athlete and as a coach of other athletes. It’s absolutely essential for anyone who wants to perform better."

"I’ve been using the Vasa Trainers here at the University of Southern California since 1992. I’m very happy and satisfied with the results that it's given us." Mark Schubert, Head Coach, USC and the 2000 U.S. Olympic Swim Team

The Vasa Trainer is considered highly advantageous for
physical therapy and rehabilitation by physical therapists, athletic trainers, and sports medicine physicians.

" For the lower extremities, what we find most effective about using the Vasa Trainer is the fact that there is a reduced amount of weight bearing and joint compression for flexion and extension exercises. So, post-operative patients or patients in the acute injury phase can tolerate these low impact, low weight bearing activities and gain their confidence so they can progress into functional activities very quickly." Jim Harrison, DPT, Western Physical Therapy, Downey, CA.

The design team at Vasa continues to develop innovative new products that enhance athletic performance and fitness. Mr. Sleamaker is also well known as a coach of elite athletes and is co-author of the best-selling book, "Serious Training for Endurance Athletes," (1996, Human Kinetics
Publishing). Vasa Inc. may be contacted by calling the toll free number, 1-800.488.VASA (8272). To learn more about the Vasa Trainer and the new Foot Platform you may visit http//www.vasatrainer.com or e-mail Vasa Inc. at info@vasatrainer.com. © 2002 Vasa, Inc.: All rights reserved.

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