Introducing the Overhead Press by

 

 Leonardo DaVinci said, “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”.

This may be particularly true when it comes to exercise machines.

Needlessly complex designs may amaze and intrigue but they can also thwart the machine’s original purpose.

Elegant design, especially in chemistry, denotes a process whereby the end is achieved in the most straightforward, efficient path, without unnecessary steps and subprocesses.

There might be other ways to get to where you are going, but involve many wasteful as well as impractically expensive intermediate steps.  

While we admit that elaborate mechanisms are sometimes inherently necessary to achieve desired effects, often it is the uncomplicated machine that most impresses.

The Overhead Press by RenEx Equipment ® is such a machine.

Its straightforward, smartly stripped-down body styling remains unchanged, exposing a recalcitrant movement arm that continues to challenge the conventional wisdom of experts and votaries of traditional weight training.

Articulating in front of the user, the machine delivers an exceptional feel to the exercise that is not only inclusive of more physical structures but also significantly safer for the back than common shoulder press machines that articulate from the rear.

Appropriately, it also happens to be much kinder to the shoulders.

To better facilitate the unique movement of the Overhead Press, progressive new innovations are revealed, each satisfying a critical function.

Let’s start with the subtly canted handles on the movement arm.

They now slope upward 20 degrees in addition to slanting inward to better accommodate the natural plane of the wrist. This crafty refinement significantly improves the user’s ability to establish and retain the correct torso attitude for ideal performance of the exercise.

In addition to better overall feel, this also means remarkably high levels of comfort, security and safety.

Additionally, the seat-belt anchors have been relocated rearward from their common fastening at the upholstery bolt to a special tapped hole that locates the belt at the desired hip angle rather than across the upper thighs.

Now, the moment you begin to push against the movement arm you can feel a profound reactionary effect commencing.

Your lower back sinks into the secure back pad with a very natural motion as your trunk flexes and your pelvis slides into the seat belt.

The harder you push on the movement arm, the more intense the coupling effect, the safer it is for the back and the greater the overall muscle stimulation.

And for instructors who have been plagued by performance discrepancies by their subjects, the new handles help to reduce the possibility of erroneously using the machine as an incline chest press.

To accommodate a wide variety of user strength levels, the new machine features an aluminum top plate (as opposed to the solid steel plates on the other RenEx machines) for a lighter-than-ever minimum starting resistance.

Additionally, the movement arm is better counterbalanced for an improved resistance profile for all users.

As with the other machines in the RenEx Equipment line up, resistance is delivered via the patented UltraGlide® top plate and Freedom Stack®.

The entire system floats on solid one-inch Class L rods and features a revolutionary new auto-centering tuner for virtually maintenance-free performance.

The incremental add-on weights on the Overhead Press feature a larger number of smaller increment weights than most of the other RenEx machines.

This permits appropriate progression from the lighter top plate.

The smaller increments better accommodate weaker subjects and the entire arrangement is integrated with the top plate and body frame for optimal efficiency.

Finally, a micro-adjustable range delimiter permits a dedicated squeeze technique in the finished position as well as Timed Static Contraction exercise, something not truly possible on this machine until now.

 The delimiter also increases the level of safety by helping to prevent gratuitous shoulder elevation and inappropriate torso discrepancies.

The introduction of RenEx Equipment signals a revolution in exercise equipment design. 

As evident in the new Overhead Press machine, our exclusive technology delivers better performance in all aspects of mechanical functioning.

In turn, this translates into an enhanced muscular and metabolic experience for the end user that exemplifies the Renaissance Exercise philosophy.

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