tufrthanu Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I don't know Ive personally not had great luck with Century...their products as a whole seem like a mass market lowest prices deal. They are kind of like the McDonalds of the martial arts world. To your question although you already purchased one I once saw an ad or article in Black Belt Magazine for a stretch machine Joe Lewis was endorsing that could do pretty much every stretch you could think of not just the splits. That might be an option. I can't recall the name if anyone has more info on it though please post. Long Live the Fighters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukokai_guy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I have a stretching machine like the one you are talking about, that is the one with the crank a leg extensions on either size. Bought it from a local martial arts supplier here in melbourne. But to tell you the truth I am not a big fan of this type of apparatus a you are very restricted in the range of motion of your stretch. I have another piece of equipment which consists of a cradle for your foot and a pulley system. it is secured to the ceiling, you r foot is placed in the cradle and you hoist your leg up by pulling on the pulley. A far better stretch as you are standing and this also allows you to practise your kicks while you stretch. I would recommend this system over the sit down stretcher. I got it off ebay and was a lot cheaper too, about a quarter of the price. BOW TO LIFE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I have a stretching machine like the one you are talking about, that is the one with the crank a leg extensions on either size. Bought it from a local martial arts supplier here in melbourne. But to tell you the truth I am not a big fan of this type of apparatus a you are very restricted in the range of motion of your stretch. I have another piece of equipment which consists of a cradle for your foot and a pulley system. it is secured to the ceiling, you r foot is placed in the cradle and you hoist your leg up by pulling on the pulley. A far better stretch as you are standing and this also allows you to practise your kicks while you stretch. I would recommend this system over the sit down stretcher. I got it off ebay and was a lot cheaper too, about a quarter of the price.Haha dude I made one of those pulley stretchers. Do you have a link to the one you bought as I think it would probably be better than the one I made. I honestly didn't know you could buy them. I copied mine from Bruce Lees design. The key to everything is continuity achieved by discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukokai_guy Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I have a stretching machine like the one you are talking about, that is the one with the crank a leg extensions on either size. Bought it from a local martial arts supplier here in melbourne. But to tell you the truth I am not a big fan of this type of apparatus a you are very restricted in the range of motion of your stretch. I have another piece of equipment which consists of a cradle for your foot and a pulley system. it is secured to the ceiling, you r foot is placed in the cradle and you hoist your leg up by pulling on the pulley. A far better stretch as you are standing and this also allows you to practise your kicks while you stretch. I would recommend this system over the sit down stretcher. I got it off ebay and was a lot cheaper too, about a quarter of the price.Haha dude I made one of those pulley stretchers. Do you have a link to the one you bought as I think it would probably be better than the one I made. I honestly didn't know you could buy them. I copied mine from Bruce Lees design.Sorry dude, had a look on ebay and I couldn't find the one I bought. I did buy it about 2-3 years ago though. The only one similar I could find was this:http://cgi.ebay.com.au/STRETCH-LOOP-ORIGINAL-Patented-Portable-Leg-Stretcher_W0QQitemZ250560106898QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMartial_Arts_Equipment?hash=item3a568bd192The one I have is made out of black nylon strapping and has more pulleys BOW TO LIFE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHighlander Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Here's how to make a leg stretcher from a set of wooden crutches in 5 minutes!! I actually did it; $5 for the crutches. It works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildman1717 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I order several things from them and always had good luck. I'm sorry you had a bad experiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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