Page 89 - Ian Oliver Boxing Fitness

!CADEMY IN ,OS !NGELES TO GIVE HIS WELL ATTENDED SEMINARS %RIK IS NOT
ONLY IN POSSESSION OF ENORMOUS STRENGTH AND IMPRESSIVE PHYSIQUE BUT

IS ALSO A VERY USEFUL BOXER WHO SPARS WITH PROFESSIONAL BOXERS AS PART
OF HIS DEMANDING TRAINING REGIME )N SHORT HIS POINT OF VIEW WAS TO BE
RESPECTED

4HE NEW WHEEL WAS A MUCH CLASSIER LOOKING AFFAIR MUCH LIKE THE FRONT
WHEEL OF A MOTOR SCOOTER WITH ADJUSTABLE FOOT STRAPS ON THE HANDLES AND

A STURDY RUBBER TREAD )T ALSO CAME AT AN ENHANCED PRICE OF COURSE
4HE MANUFACTURERS CLAIMED IT IMPROVED BALANCE AND STABILITY IN THE CORE

AND IN ADDITION THE SHOULDERS CHEST BACK ARMS GLUTES AND HAMSTRINGS 4HIS
WAS A BOLD CLAIM BUT AFTER SOME INITIAL SCEPTICISM ) FOUND THAT ACCORDING TO

HOW HARD YOU WERE PREPARED TO WORK MANY OF THESE CLAIMS WERE ABOUT
RIGHT 9OU CAN MAKE IMPRESSIVE CORE STRENGTH GAINS WITH THE WHEEL BUT
THERE ARE SOME POINTS YOU NEED TO BEAR IN MIND BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO IT

YOU MUST BE WARMED UP THOROUGHLY

YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE AT A FAIRLY GOOD LEVEL OF lTNESS
YOU WILL NEED A WELL PADDED SURFACE FOR YOUR KNEES TO START WITH !

JUDO MAT A lRM EXERCISE MAT OR CARPET IS lNE

4HE VELCRO FASTENING STRAPS AND PEDALS ON THE SIDE OF THE WHEEL MEAN
YOU CAN PERFORM PUSH UPS PLYO JUMPS PIKES AND OTHER ASSORTED MOVESˆ
ALL WITH GREAT DIFlCULTY $UE TO THE HIGHLY UNSTABLE MODE OF TRANSPORT YOU
ARE BALANCED ON A HUGE NUMBER OF MUSCLES ARE RECRUITED JUST TO KEEP YOU

FROM CRUMPLING TO THE mOOR SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DO INITIALLY UNTIL THEY
LEARN TO ADAPT

)N MY EXPERIENCE THERE IS MUCH CORE TRAINING WHICH YOU HAVE TO HOPE
IS ALL WORKING TOWARDS A RESULT THE WHEEL IS THE ONE WHERE YOU FEEL THE

EFFECTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ESPECIALLY IF YOU BECOME OVER ENTHUSIASTIC
)T REALLY CAN BE A GREAT BOON TO IMPROVING YOUR CORE STRENGTH BUT ) MUST

STRESS IT SHOULD BE APPROACHED WITH CAUTION )T WILL NOT SUIT EVERYBODY