Gaiam Back Care Conditioning Kit
 

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Gaiam Back Care Conditioning Kit

by Gaiam

$39.99
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Sales Rank:65079 (lower is better)
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Label:Gaiam
UPC:029956008434
Binding:Sports
Published By:Gaiam
ASIN:B0008G1PJG
Category:Sports

Gaiam Back Care Conditioning Kit Features

  • Set includes inflatable oblong support ball, 30 minute instructional VHS, complete exercise guide, exercise guide, and air pump
  • Strengthen, stretch, and realign the muscles supporting your back
  • Ball supports up to 300 pounds
  • Great for golf and tennis players

Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions

Product Description

Just the look of Gaiam's SupportBall makes your back feel better, while the included instructional video shows you how to use it for real relief. Fitness expert Suzanne Deason guides the gentle 15-minute routine on VHS to safely strengthen, stretch and realign the muscles supporting your back, using Gaiam's unique oblong SupportBall. The ball is designed for greater stability than standard fitness balls. An air pump included in the set.

About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing, for themselves, their families and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth’s resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural, eco-friendly or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality and price of conventional products.

Gaiam’s goal is to become the trusted source and unifying brand for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) participants. They understand that the opportunity to affect people’s lives with information and products is both a privilege and a responsibility. Gaiam believes in the concept of Conscious Commerce, the practice of making purchasing decisions based on personal values and beliefs. It takes into consideration all the aspects of our lives and the impact we have upon the planet. Research indicates this concept appeals to approximately 50 million people in the U.S. alone. Gaiam's strategy in delivering the distinctive quality for which they are known is to partner with experts in health/wellness, eco-living and personal development to develop proprietary products that meet our customers’ needs with meaningful solutions.

The name GAIAM is a fusion of the words Gaia (the name of Mother Earth from the Minoan civilization in ancient Crete), and I am reminds us that we are all interconnected with the Earth, the air and water, and very much a part of this living system that sustains us all.

What's in the Box?
SupportBall, air pump, instructional video on VHS

Special Note
A new ball will not be able to inflate to its full capacity initially. After a few hours, the ball will be more pliable and you can add more air at that time.

Customer Reviews

Decent Product to add Flexibility and Strength to back and torso! - Reviewed on 2007-12-08
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I've read the reviews on this product and I don't understand comments about odor or troublesome stickiness. It's a little tacky to enable the ball to be stabilized (and that's better than sliding across the room into the wall). The video gives excellent directions and while some of the moves take some practice, in the final analysis, the ball (it's not really a ball it's more like a dumbell shape) helps strengthen your back and will improve your flexibility and that's what it's designed to do.
Defective Product - Reviewed on 2007-11-02
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The item was shipped in a timely manner. It has a slow leak around the plug which requires inflation before every use. I plan to keep the item since I had such a hard time finding this one.
Material - Reviewed on 2006-01-05
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7 customers found this review helpful.

I dont know about these other reviews! My back ball is not sticky, does not smell, and does not move like Jello. First out of the packaging there does seem to be a bit a film that is obviously necessary to keep a large plastic deflated ball from sticking together. Once pumped up and aired out overnight this goes away.

I have not used the exercise video yet and looking forward to it - but it has a nice full size chart of exercises and I do like the feel and stability of an oblong ball. It is stable enough for my 3 yr old grandson to roll around doing his own exercises. When I use my round ball he is able to sit on the oblong ball.
Great product, funny material - Reviewed on 2005-12-30
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4 customers found this review helpful.

This is a good product to use to stretch your back (really your torso in general if you do all the steps). The fact that it is shaped like a dumbell makes it more stable than a ball. However, the material is more sticky than other fitness balls and one time I leaned it against the wall, and upon separation it took off some paint from the wall. Good design, bad material.
it smells bad - Reviewed on 2005-12-04
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4 customers found this review helpful, 3 did not.

The materials doesnot look like the one on the picture, and it smells really bad.. I have to put it outside of my room....
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