- (moans) You're getting in deep, Bob.
- Well, I sure am.
(Brad moans)
- All right, we're on--
- We're on a family show, Brad.
- The camera's on.
Yeah, it is a family show.
Anyways, if you wanna get a massage
to get deep into those muscles to get those knots off,
to break the scar tissue up, so you have less pain,
we're gonna show you two specific details,
or specifications, you need to look for.
- Yeah, we sure will (giggles).
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- All right, Bob, seriously, let's talk about massage.
'Cause if you really want to get in deep to the muscle,
break up scar tissue from an old injury,
or if you have tight knots and you want to get rid of them
and you don't wanna ruin your hands doing that deep massage,
there's two things in particular you need to know.
And...
- What's the secret?
- Well, Bob, let's take a look at...
We've got three massage guns that we know very well
because we--
- They're Bob and Brad. - They're Bob and Brad,
and we know the details of these guns.
So the first thing
you have to look for is the amplitude
or the travel. - Travel.
- First of all, let's take one step backwards.
If you're gonna get a massage gun to get in deep,
you have to get a massage gun
that actually percusses. - Percusses.
- Yup. - All right.
- Percusses or moves in and out.
If you get one that vibrates, it's not gonna get deep.
- So it swears at you?
- Yeah, (chuckles) it swears at you,
and it's cussing at you.
So-- - They're cousins.
- Can you see this?
Look at this all, you can see it go back and forth.
Now they all have specifications.
The distance--
- Look at this one, Brad.
- Oh, yeah.
And that one actually goes further.
If you could take a tape measure or ruler
and measure the distance that it goes,
that's called the amplitude or the travel.
The more amplitude, the deeper it's gonna get.
- [Bob] Absolutely.
- Okay.
Now, for example, if you have this one
has an amplitude of 10 millimeters.
- Got it.
- This one is, if I'm going by my memory...
I'm not gonna use my memory, I got it (laughs) written down.
This one is 10.5, so it's a little bit more.
- Right.
- Now, our big boy, the heavy-duty one, is 16 millimeters.
- [Bob] Wow!
- And that's a lot.
If you look across the board,
you're gonna find out-- - High-end?
- Yup.
That travel is what you're gonna look for
if you're a big muscular person
and you want that deep massage.
Now, if you're a thin person or maybe an elderly person,
you do not want to get something this big.
- Right.
- You may go with one 10 millimeters or less,
but don't get too big of a one,
'cause you'll just hurt yourself, you won't be happy.
And they cost more, and it just won't be effective.
- Not worth it.
- Right.
Now the next thing you're gonna look for,
and you can look under these are specifications.
Go to the specs underneath on these on Amazon,
and you're gonna look for stall force.
So stall force is, get this thing going,
is how many pounds of pressure
can you put on it before you stop it.
Okay?
Now, if it's built well, it'll stop,
if I can get it to stop again,
and then it'll take off again.
The stall force is rated in pounds, typically.
Let me give you an example here.
This particular one, the stall force is 44 pounds.
This one is 44 pounds, this one is 85 pounds.
- Wow.
- So you could see when I'm at 44 pounds,
I'm pushing hard as I can, and I can just make it stall.
I'm not gonna try that on that one,
because I don't wanna hurt myself.
- Right.
- But anyways, that's what you want.
So you're gonna want that 40, 44 pounds,
probably minimum or higher for stall force.
And then you're gonna get a gun
that you're gonna be happy with--
- Good quality. - In regards to force.
Well, actually, for quality,
there's a couple of things you do need to look for.
If they have the right travel and the right stall force,
you still wanna look for, does it have a brushless motor?
- Right.
- Brushless motor's gonna cost a little more,
but they're superior, they're quiet,
and they're gonna last longer.
If you do get a gun that's noisy like this one--
- Bad quality, right?
- Yup.
Typically, the tolerances in are not very close,
things are rattling in it.
It's not gonna last so long,
it's gonna be cheaper as well,
typically. - Just like your brain.
- Yeah (chuckles).
And then battery life, look at that.
If it's gonna last two to three hours of using time,
it is a good amount of time.
So, good luck with your massage gun.
You're gonna find out--
- And have fun.
- Yeah, have fun with them.
And be careful with these big ones,
I gotta tell you that.
All right, enjoy.
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