The BLAST Advantage

Unconstrained by weights and gravity, the BLAST System utilizes a computer-controlled motor-drive and biofeedback display to dynamically vary the training resistance across the range-of-motion.  BLAST creates custom resistance profiles to match each user’s unique strength curve and then automatically elevates these profiles during the stronger eccentric phase to more optimally challenge the body. With force capability ranging from 0 to 3,000 lbs., BLAST accommodates everyone from the frail elderly to world class athletes.


BLAST Benefits

Accelerated Strength and Power Gains

The BLAST System’s personalized resistance profiles provide the appropriate level of challenge everywhere across the user’s range-of-motion.  Combined with elevated-load eccentric training, this leads to greater muscle hypertrophy and accelerated gains in strength and power.

Increased Protection from Injury

Elevated-load eccentric training has been shown not only to significantly increase strength, but also to impart an injury protection effect on muscle.  Long associated with injury and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), chronic eccentric training is now known to promote structural changes within muscle that help protect it from injury while also reducing the incidence of DOMS.  There is no better or safer way to incorporate negatives into a training regimen.

Improved Muscular Control

It’s not just about raw strength and power.  Most activities in sports and daily life require the controlled application of strength and power.  The BLAST System’s unique display of target force bands overlaid with real-time visual force feedback for both dynamic and isometric training promotes a degree of force control and steadiness not found in traditional strength training.


Safety

High-intensity strength training doesn’t get any safer than with BLAST.  Some of its many safety features include:
  • No risk of falling weights
  • No spotter required for "negatives"
  • Low-inertia/non-impact exercise
  • Footplate only moves in response to the user’s triggering force
  • Automatic knee-lock prevention.

BLAST vs. Weights


The BLAST System’s training resistance matches each user’s unique strength curve - even during the stronger eccentric phase of the repetition. In contrast, the resistance provided by weights is virtually unchanged across the range-of-motion, providing little challenge over much of the repetition.