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Yoga/Pilates: Freedom to move
A new piece of fitness equipment that claims to allow ‘unrestricted movement’ has been launched in the UK. David Pittman went along to try it out.
The FreeFORM board is an Australian invention that it is claimed opens up exercise to the whole body by allowing unrestricted movement. The product brochure describes this as ‘the ability to move from any body position to another without restriction’.
It is a multifunctional, multidirectional piece of equipment that can be used during yoga, Pilates, for personal training or group exercises and as a physical therapy and rehabilitation tool. It can also be integrated with other equipment, such as stability balls and vibration plates.
The man behind the FreeFORM board Tony Susnjara, a fitness instructor, martial arts practitioner and remedial masseur, says the intention for the FreeFORM board is to take freedom of movement into the exercise environment.
Currently, moving from one exercise to another during traditional training is ‘restrictive’ by forcing the body into a single position or movement. Susnjara describes the FreeFORM board as a ‘blank canvas of movement’.
“When we move in everyday life, and even more so when we undertake strenuous activity, the body is in a state of dynamic flux,” he says.
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