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Teeter Hang Ups EP-550+ Inversion Table Overview
The new EP-550+ model inversion table from Teeter Hang Ups features innovative FLEX TECHNOLOGY, which allows the backrest to move with you while performing stretches and exercises. Engineers specifically designed the EP-550 to follow the natural curves of the back for a more comfortable and effective inversion experience.
When you want a natural, in-home solution for a healthier back, try inversion if you value quality, look to Teeter Hang Ups . The industry leader since 1981, Teeter Hang Ups has focused solely on producing the best value inversion equipment with time-proven design features that ensure dependability and user security.
Specialized Features
Most inversion tables imitate the look of Teeter, but can t come close to matching the quality. Components most often sacrificed in the attempt to lower price are those that are in place to ensure long-term enjoyment and user protection. The Teeter Hangs Ups EP-550 offers more upgrades in functional and aesthetic features than any other brand, including:
Most inversion tables imitate the look of Teeter, but can t come close to matching the quality. Components most often sacrificed in the attempt to lower price are those that are in place to ensure long-term enjoyment and user protection. The Teeter Hangs Ups EP-550 offers more upgrades in functional and aesthetic features than any other brand, including:
Flex Technology: The injection-molded bed design features Flex Technology, allowing the back rest to bend and accommodate your stretches for greater mobility and range of motion
Teeter Hang Ups EP-550+ Inversion Table Best Review
We like to incorporate back exercise in our workout routine, and after trying out a friend’s inversion table, we decided to get one for our home gym.The reason to use an inversion table is to stretch your spine. Normally, you stand and your legs and pelvis and stomach support the spine. When you sit, you increase the pressure on the spine by resting on your coccyx (tailbone). So for people who sit all day, inversion can actually act like traction, using gravity to pull the vertebrae and decompress the spine.
As you hang or lean at various angles from 20 degrees to 90 degrees — totally upside down, your head gets more blood, your stomach muscles lengthen and stretch and your shoulders relax because you put your arms fully over your head.
You can gradually build up your angle from 20 degrees, allowing you to adjust to the new feeling in your head and spine. You can use the table to do rocking (down to your set angle, back up to level or vertical) or you can do intermittent traction (1-2 minutes down, 1/2 minute up.) In the fully suspended 90 degree position, your body is literally hanging by your ankles and you can do twists, sit-ups, squats and back arches. This is not possible in the shallower angle positions as you are lying on the table in those positions as opposed to freely hanging with spine straight.
You may not use any bands, weights or other equipment while on the table. You MUST wear tie shoes with flat, even soles (no thick soles, no high tops.) A standard pair of trainers (running or walking shoes) with ties works just fine.
The table is a molded, net nylon bed resting on a steel A-frame. The bed rotates like a teeter-totter. There is an ankle clamp on the bottom to hold your feet securely, and a pin lock height adjustment to set the table to the right height for you. The newer Flex table has a redesigned foot platform design that dials up or down for smaller or larger feet. This is a boon, as I have big feet but small ankles–so I dial mine down so I don’t slip out. Those with bigger feet need a different setting.
There is now controlled lockout in full inversion and the redesigned bed allows you to flex as you move, so it flexes with the back’s natural curves. There is also a pillow. These are significant differences to the comfort of earlier models.
The unit is based on an A-frame that collapses for folding and storage, the hinges lock (like on a folding table) and there are clips on the base to stabilize the base on the floor. The table is not powered; you operate it with your body weight, using your arms to add upper body weight to take you down to your desired position. The Sport version of this model uses gravity boots (wrap around ankle and clip on base) rather than an ankle clamp. People who do full inversion say that this is more comfortable than the pressure on the ankle, so you might want to test this out before you purchase a table. There is also an optional back massage mat.
When starting out, have a friend to stay with you in case of dizziness or other discomfort. The Teeter EP-550 table comes with a DVD that demonstrates proper use, and of course check with your medical professional before using this table. Teeter provides a downloadble guide for discussing this with your doctor.
Summary: the redesigned flex table and pillow make this a more comfortable inversion table and an improvement over the previous flatbed models.
