RobinFromIreland
04-23-2007, 07:06 PM
Go horseback riding for a few days and you'll understand why all those rodeo Marlboro man types packs Men's Health abs. Riding stimulates seldom-used muscles in the dorsal and abdominal regions and brings many core health benefits, the most appealing being that the user gets fit without actually having to do anything. Based on the above, Japanese manufacturers of exercise machines are releasing a new range of machines which are proving to be quite a success story in Japan. Aimed at a wide range of people from those who suffer from lifestyle injuries, to the middle-aged and older generations, these new exercise machines have one very special facet to the way they are used: the user does not need to do anything.
One of the most successful of these machines is called the Joba Horseriding Exercise Machine (http://www.mew.co.jp/e-press/2003/0309-02.htm), which is exactly that - a mechanical horse for the home built by Matsushita Electrical Works Ltd. (MEW) based in Kadoma, Osaka, in conjunction with Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan. This indoor fitness machine offers its user the ability to access a form of horseback-riding therapy, which allows the user to get the effect of physical exercises just by sitting on the machine without any exertion from the user.The Jobadoes not actually look like a horse, and is probably better described as the saddle of a rodeo machine or the seat of a motorcycle....
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I've always suspected that jockeys (at least the ones that ride the nags I bet on) don't actually do anything.
One of the most successful of these machines is called the Joba Horseriding Exercise Machine (http://www.mew.co.jp/e-press/2003/0309-02.htm), which is exactly that - a mechanical horse for the home built by Matsushita Electrical Works Ltd. (MEW) based in Kadoma, Osaka, in conjunction with Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan. This indoor fitness machine offers its user the ability to access a form of horseback-riding therapy, which allows the user to get the effect of physical exercises just by sitting on the machine without any exertion from the user.The Jobadoes not actually look like a horse, and is probably better described as the saddle of a rodeo machine or the seat of a motorcycle....
Continued at gizmag. (http://gizmag.com/go/3088/)
I've always suspected that jockeys (at least the ones that ride the nags I bet on) don't actually do anything.