♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ The two most famous physical therapists ♪
♪ On the internet ♪
- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Together we are
the most famous physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion of course, Bob.
Just trying to get through my morning exercise program.
- All right and that's what we're gonna talk about today,
five winter workout options you can do at home.
Some of them are cardio, some of them are strength,
some of them are both.
- Yep.
- And I'm afraid to say, Brad, but winter's coming.
- Well Bob, I've noticed the leaves are falling
and I was chasing some of the leaves as they fell down
in the yard yesterday.
- That says something about you.
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- There you go.
- All right, the first one actually does not involve
any cost and it's available to all of you
because if you're watching this on YouTube right now
or Facebook, you can just as well watch Jordan.
Jordan is our workout guru.
- Right, she is good.
- Yep and she does a lot of walking workouts
and actually I'm gonna have Marcus, our video editor,
put a clip on right now while I'm talking,
so you can maybe see a little bit of her.
- Right and don't be confused with the walking video,
it's indoor walking and she combines
exercises with the walking, it's in place
and we've got great response from it.
- Yeah and you can watch on your laptop or iPad
or you can watch on your phone.
It's pretty clear to watch.
- Absolutely.
- She's done a great variety of exercises
and she's adding more all the time.
- Yeah, we're really happy to have her onboard.
- Yeah we are.
Next one is, I have to be honest, Brad,
I'm not totally familiar with this, is tai chi.
- Right, right.
- But again, you know, T-A-I C-H-I,
again, you can watch YouTube videos,
we don't provide any of them but you're getting
a whole body workout.
- Right, it comes from a Chinese martial arts
and things are done slowly, they really focus on breathing,
things come from the center,
everything is done as a smooth motion.
I think it's a great exercise.
- Holding poses basically, working into poses
and hold them, right?
- Well they do that but there's a lot of motion with it
because they're taking martial arts moves
and going in slow motion.
I've been introduced to it through my martial arts training
but not in detail
but there's no doubt about it, you're gonna learn
to breathe, be relaxed, improve your balance and strength.
It's a great way to workout, especially in your house.
- Yeah I had a good friend that would do this,
he was a third degree black belt also
and when he would do it in between classes,
when we were going to physical therapy school
and he'd be sweating, I mean he was in good shape.
So you'll get a workout.
Number three, we do have
one of the things that you'd actually have to pay for.
This is a recumbent trainer,
it's by the company called Teeter.
- Teeter, yep.
- And it's the LT3, this is the more pricey one.
This one's around $950.
They also have a lesser expensive one.
- Sure.
- That's around $750.
I've been impressed with this, Brad, though,
for the cost because obviously, we wanna first compare
all of this to the New Step, don't we?
- Sure.
- And the New Step is like four, five, six, seven,
$8000 depending on which one you get.
- Well we've used a New Step for years
in the clinic with patients
because we need something that's good quality
and gonna last when you use it hours per day.
This does a very similar motion
and this is actually so quiet.
- Yeah, this is whisper quiet
and it's commercial grade almost, I would say.
- Yeah it is, it's very quiet
and it's good quality for the price,
if you wanna do something and you can watch TV
without being interrupted
or you can even talk to family members.
- Right and you can adjust the seat up and down
and you can adjust the tension.
- It's a full package.
- And it's a pulling and pushing.
- Right.
- So that's what I like about it, you're getting both sides.
Next one, we're gonna do, we're gonna finish with that one.
The next one I'm gonna talk about is our FitGlide, Brad.
- Oh yes.
- So this is a lower end thing here, as far as cost.
It's very light weight, which I think makes it attractive.
- [Brad] Yeah, I believe 4.9 pounds, Bob.
- Yeah, especially if you're a little on the older side
and you wanna put it in front of your couch
or put it in front of your recliner.
- [Brad] Are you gonna show them how it works?
- Yeah.
- [Brad] Okay.
(Brad laughs)
- [Bob] I thought I might do that.
- [Brad] I wasn't sure.
- [Bob] I'm actually gonna put
it up on the stand right away, Brad.
So this one does make a little bit of sound,
there is a little swish swish,
it's not completely silent but you still could watch TV.
- [Brad] Oh yes, yes.
- [Bob] And you could actually have it in your office,
under a desk.
It's just a nice way of--
- [Brad] We should show them on the...
- So here we are with the profile
and you probably wanna have shoes on when you're using this.
- You don't have to.
- You don't have to
and yeah, you can work the quadricep a little more
when it's up like this.
- You can go flat.
Great for pre-hab or rehab after knee surgeries.
- Right, that total knee replacement.
You can flip it around this way.
You know, this is one of those things that
if you have knee arthritis or you have difficulty walking
because of pain, this gets those knees moving
without the weight bearing
and that's why it's great for before a surgery,
if you're gonna have knee surgery.
- And I'm now working the hamstrings more
and this definitely, if you can tell the difference
between the two.
- Yeah if you're working at a computer all day, seated
and you wanna get those legs moving for circulation
and to keep you awake, it's another option.
- Now Brad, we could lie down and do this, couldn't we?
I'll lie down, I'm willing to sacrifice my body.
- [Brad] Well of course, Bob.
- What I'm trying to show is that you can do it in bed.
- Oh yes!
Yep, we'll put it down for that
and this is a really good option for those people who--
- [Bob] Are elderly and...
- [Brad] Yep, not real mobile
but wanna get moving while in bed.
We've used this for
in bed with people after surgery.
It's very easy to clean,
you can clean it for disinfecting it very easily
and look at that.
- Look at me, sacrificing my body just to--
- [Brad] And if you had a pillow, Bob,
you could do this for the next half hour.
- Right, you might put a towel underneath my heel too,
for a little comfort
but all right, we're gonna head over here now for the final,
this one's almost mostly strengthening, right Brad?
And core?
- [Brad] Right.
- All right.
So we have, what we have are the wall anchors.
Now you wouldn't have to have the wall anchors,
you can have, oh it's right here, Brad.
- Oh, yeah you can, when you can buy these bands,
they typically always come with this thing
which goes into a door.
You close the door and it gives you
an option to hook up the band like this
and you slide this through the door.
We find the wall anchors are really handy.
- These are the wall anchors,
I don't know if you can tell what they are
but I hooked up a bunch of the bands.
A lot of sets usually come with five.
We do have a Bob and Brad set 'cause we wanted
to go high quality and good handles.
They also come with cuffs that you can put
around your ankle, so that you can hook up to...
You're gonna put one on or what?
- Yeah, do you wanna show them a couple exercises?
- Sure, I'll just show them.
Remember, one we always wanna do is
some posture ones, so I'm gonna go ahead
and you can see me squeezing my shoulder blades together
and keeping my posture really good.
Brad likes to do this spinning thing, don't you?
Where you spin?
- Well, that's the beauty of working the bands
and the wall anchors.
- He goes right into his flies.
- You don't have to disconnect or change things.
- Triceps.
- Now the anchors, we do sell and you can get
three or four of them in a pack.
If you go through our Bob and Brad website, you'll get four.
They work great.
This is what I use for my workout, I have this as my set.
Are we gonna show them?
Here, it comes off so easy.
I've got the strap on, as a matter of fact,
I'm gonna show this on another video
for a groin strengthening exercise,
the muscles, the abductor muscles
and this is what Bob was talking about,
where you're working, I'm working my balance now
and I may need something to hold on to
if balance is an issue
but there's a plethora of exercises you can do
with the ankle strap on.
- I mean, for upper extremity too.
You can hit every muscle group, there's no doubt about it
and you can, so it certainly works out really good.
Well Brad, that's some options there.
You know people, unfortunately we're still in COVID,
so we're, a lot of people are
a little leery to go to the gyms,
so we need some workout options
and I hope that all helps.
- There you go, enjoy the winter workout season.
We're getting ready for it.
(upbeat tones)