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| Brand: BodyRev
Category: Sports
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $29.99
You Save: $10.00 (25%)
New (13) from $29.99
Rating:  434 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Color: Black
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8 x 4.5
MPN: P300
Model: PP6000
UPC: 094922651631
EAN: 0094922651631
ASIN: B000KDM3BG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good product, but lacks instructions! June 1, 2007
113 out of 162 found this review helpful
I've always prefer doing workout without weights, and this does enhance and optimize your push up workouts. The rotating units provides more variety on form and less stress on the wrist. Unit is made mostly with plastic, but feels solid and durable.
BUT, the lack of instructions on this item is VERY dissappointing. It comes with a foldout sheet consisting of some 6 basic forms. There is a DVD that you can purchase for $15 that supposively shows you different usages with the unit. That's nuts! How can a product be sold with its full instructions SOLD SEPERATELY! I do like the product very much, but this is the kind of scheme that as a consumer, find very distasteful and somewhat ripped off.
Good product, but unfortunately, I can't support this company's policies. This will be the last product I will be purchasing from this company.
 What just happened? May 31, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I cannot believe how tired I was after the first workout. The fact that the handles rotate really makes you stabilize. Crazy.
Best pushup handles out there! May 23, 2007
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is my third set of pushup handles, and they're the first ones that actually make me want to do pushups! I love being able to spin my hands during the movement to minimize pain in my wrists and shoulders. They are also very stable and work on my soft carpet, which is great!
Push ups transformed into serious weight training by a deceptively simple device. May 22, 2007
I lift weights at a gym 3x a week and don't have room for a serious weight setup at home. I have a few dumbbells and medicine balls. I figured push ups would be a way to get the bench press in at home. I ordered Perfect Pushup because doing push ups hurts my wrists and the product looked like a good idea.
First impression - 'hey, it's plastic'! I thought it was going to be metal, based on the pictures. I was disappointed by their lightweight plastic build. Once I started using them, the disappointment turned to appreciation. These transform push ups into serious weight training three ways: 1) Proper wrist angle - means that I can do push ups until muscle fatigue stops me; not sore wrists. 2) Elevated hands means you can go deeper than when your hands are on the floor. This greater range of motion had an unexpectedly large impact. 3) Rotation reduces stresses and brings even more muscles into play. The hand grips rotate freely, forcing you to exert effort to keep your hands oriented. You can feel different muscle groups come into play as you alter your wrist position. The wrist naturally rotates as you move through the push up motion in different ways depending on how far from your body you place your wrists. It takes a moment to learn how to do push ups this way (the included chart is a good starting point) and rewards some experimentation. Once you've gotten used to Perfect Pushup you will not want to do push ups on the floor ever again. Going back to the floor really shows you how conventional push ups strain the wrist by bending back and punish your elbows by forcing them into a single plane of motion when they naturally want to twist.
Throwing a few sets of these "super push ups" into the mix on weekends has greatly enhanced my home workouts and my overall fitness level. Now that I've used Perfect Pushups for over a month I'm not worried about their durability. They seem quite sturdy in use.
Follow-up: There is some confusion between the two non-travel versions of this product: "Perfect Pushup - Original" (the one sold here and many other places for around $40) and "Perfect Pushup - Basic" (the one sold at Walmart and Ebay for around $20). The Perfect Pushup - Basic has a red stripe under the "Perfect Pushup" logo and the text "Basic" within the red stripe. It has a similar design to the Perfect Pushup - Original but lighter weight plastic build and comes with the handles unattached from the base and you snap them on yourself. I haven't used the "Basic" model - but you can readily see the difference between the models in the photographs: "Original" has a metal handle embedded in a larger, single piece, plastic rotating part. The stanchions holding the handle are molded and of a single piece with the rotating part. The "Basic" model has a lower flatter rotating part, and a plastic handle shaped like a letter "C" - so that the handle itself forms the stanchions connecting down into the rotating part - which is flat and not molded. I don't know if the "Basic" model is compromised in any way as to its function - but it is clearly of a lighter build quality. There's also a "Travel" version that looks a lot like the "Basic" version, but has removable handles and the flat rotating part is much thinner (1/2" instead of 1").
Follow up number two: 1 year after purchase: I've continued to use Perfect Pushup 2-3 times a week and it has remained totally reliable and durable in use. The build quality is obviously better than adequate. I continue to prefer Perfect Pushup over doing push ups on the floor - no comparison. Push ups are great exercise, but they need to be viewed in context as part of a larger exercise regimen. You will not lose weight doing push ups alone (weight training is a piece of the puzzle, but aerobic exercise, diet, and mental attitude work are all vital to that effort also). Push ups are not a complete upper body workout. Push ups exercise the front half of your upper body (triceps excepted) making it really important that you do some lifting to build your back half (i.e. do some sets of rows and pulls with dumbbells). If you build one half of any joint and neglect the other half (i.e. make the half that pushes strong but fail to make the half that pulls equally strong) you can set yourself up for injury. What makes push ups great - and Perfect Pushup in particular - is that they are an excellent upper body workout (one that gets the whole front half of the upper body if you do a few variations in hand grip position) that takes up virtually no space in your home. A good minimal home gym could be just a pair of Perfect Pushups, a Swiss ball (also known as a Yoga ball), and pair of dumbbells (preferably variable weight ones). Final conclusion - Perfect Pushup is a great way to get the mirror visible front half of your upper body worked out in limited space and is part of a home fitness solution but shouldn't be seen as constituting a full fitness regimen in and of themselves.
#1 Fitness Product For 10 Weeks on Amazon.com May 21, 2007
6 out of 20 found this review helpful
The "Perfect Pushup" from everything I have heard and read from all of the reviews is an incredible breakthrough fitness product. I am still waiting for mine because of an unfortunate order glitch when my order was processed and also for the simple fact that "BODY REV" the company who makes the product is getting a "workout" of their own trying to produce enough of these high quality "Perfect Pushups" to meet the demand of all of the Amazon orders and perfectpushup.com orders they receive.
That's how "HOT" this product is right now it's crazyness. I filed a complaint on Amazon.com before I knew there was a glitch with my order and was then contacted from product rep from BodyRev. The rep was very courteous and respectful and explained to me there was a mistake with my order and the simple fact that right now your going to have to be patient and wait if you order this product because there are flying out of his warehouse faster then they can make them right now.
I was very happy that they contacted me and that goes to show you how much the company truly cares about their consumers and how much they believe in this product. The rep was extremely knowledgeable and answered all of my fitness questions as a "Certified Personal Trainer" and a "Fitness Enthusiast". Having a military background myself I know how beneficial pushups can be but had find out more information to see if the "Perfect Pushup" could take the pushup to a whole new level of fitness.
I found out a few cool things about this product for example the "Perfect Pushup" can be used on either carpet or hard floor surfaces. Someone like me who has a bodybuilding frame can use this device because its durable and a commercial grade device that's going to last through the normal wear and tear or your workouts. It is also preventing injuries in athletes by putting your body through a more natural motion when your working out on it.
It has been increasing users max barbell bench press weight by 10-15%, and even has a workout DVD for users that want to learn different/advanced techniques and workouts for the "Perfect Pushup". I can't wait to get my hands on this product when it arrives and will post another review when I use it myself for a month or so.
Thank You BodyRev,
Brett
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