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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
My back's been giving me more than its share of difficulties lately, so I bought a Teeter EP-560 Inversion Table from Woot a couple of days ago. It's scheduled to arrive via FedEx on Saturday.
Cool. Now I'll be able to sleep like Batman.
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When these first came out, back in the early 80's, I really wanted to give them a try... but at the time I was broke and couldn't even afford a day pass at the local health club to try them out. But...
Not one to be deterred by a little thing like money, I figured I could 'make my own...'
I already had a 'chinning bar' in one of the taller doorways in my house, so that would be the support. I had good modern ski boots so I would have no difficulty 'clamping' my legs properly, and when combined with a loop of 1"tubular webbing from my rock climbing gear, and a
'sky hook' from the same pack, all it took was putting on the boots, looping the webbing around the ankles, connecting the webbing to the skyhook with a carabiner, and 'simply' pulling myself up, bringing my feet over my head while hanging upside down by one hand and hooking the skyhook over the chinning bar! No problem... until I was ready to try and get down...
It only took two weeks for the pain in my back to get to manageable levels. The tilt tables are a MUCH better idea...
Stitchawl