KAATSU B1: The new generation of occlusive training that you can control from your smartphone

IMPORTANT! - FOR THE CORRECT OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT, YOU MUST PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE BANDS

The KAATSU B1 is the new generation of Kaatsu devices. A piece of equipment that manages to multiply the results of occlusive training and that lands on the market sporting a light design, a more than powerful interior, boasting enormous versatility and embracing the latest technologies since through an application on a smartphone you can regulate the intensity of the workouts, their duration, strength... and also, register your marks and create an online training calendar .

It has a mechanism that is as simple as it is effective. The KAATSU B1 precisely controls and monitors the pressure of the air bands to optimally regulate blood flow in the arms and legs.

Thanks to this controlled local hypoxia , we will exercise in oxygen deficit with only 20% or 30% of our maximum capacity. Thus achieving benefits in muscle hypertrophy, muscle toning, recovery from efforts, rehabilitation, increased range of mobility in injuries and a substantial improvement in the elasticity of our veins.

In addition, the KAATSU B1 device can be regulated at different intensity levels for each individual and well-differentiated training programs can be established: muscle, sports, rehabilitation, etc.

Strengths:

- You can control the training intensity, duration, strength, any parameter from your mobile phone. In addition, you can create a training calendar on your mobile and register your marks.

- It is the latest generation of Kaatsu devices.

- Light, robust and waterproof (not submersible in water). So you can train with the device by constantly monitoring the pressure of the bands.

- "Continuous" and "cycle" work modes (6 cycles)

- You can work without connection to the device in "continuous" mode, so you can submerge the bands in water for pool work.

- Very easy to use.

- You can work on a single limb.

- Rechargeable batteries.

- Bands available in different sizes. (S,M,L,XL)

Occlusive training:

Occlusive training or Kaatsu is a training technique that has gained special prominence in recent years. The technique was created in Japan by Yoshiaki Sato in 1966, developed and popularized in the 80s and is based on blood flow restriction. Vascular occlusion is a maneuver that reduces the supply of oxygen (local hypoxia), nutrients and metabolic clearance of the muscles subjected to such effort that substantially increases physiological stress, especially at the metabolic level.

To temporarily restrict blood flow to the affected muscles, a band is used in the area closest to the extremities (arms and legs) that you want to train, which induces a situation of local hypoxia, this unmistakable characteristic being what makes it different from the rest of the existing neuromuscular training methods or techniques.

How do you achieve such good results?

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The Kaatsu method potentially increases muscle strength and size . This way of training requires lighter loads, at 20-30% of your one repetition maximum (1RM) to muscle failure while restricting blood flow to the muscle group being exercised.

The impressive ability of Kaatsu training to improve muscle development while using light weights is due in part to the activation of fast-twitch muscle fibers with less load and less central nervous system fatigue. This technique depletes the available oxygen levels in the muscle being worked due to restriction in blood flow.

The reduction in available oxygen causes muscle cells to produce energy without oxygen, or anaerobically, which preferentially activates fast-twitch cells rather than slow-twitch cells. Because fast-twitch fibers have superior potential for strength, their stimulation gives the Kaatsu method greater ability to develop strength.

The key role of Kaatsu training in raising growth hormone was demonstrated in a study conducted by Dr. Y.Takarada. The research involved six young men who performed five sets of leg extension at 20% of their 1RM until failure, with a 30-second rest period and restricted blood flow to the muscle group they were working.

Growth hormone concentration increased 290 times more than before exercise. These findings show that Kaatsu training can provoke a strong endocrine response, stimulating growth hormone production and thus supporting muscle growth.

Who is it addressed to?

KAATSU B1 is being used by athletes and users of all ages, abilities and fitness in both Asia, Europe and America in order to gain muscle strength, muscle hypertrophy, increase range of motion and improve sports performance.

Their products are used by Japanese, Chinese and American Olympic gold medalists (including Justin Gatlin, Ted Ligety and Todd Lodwick), world champions, professional athletes (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL), military personnel , astronauts from NASA to recover in the best possible way from the atrophy caused by space travel, people in the process of rehabilitation and elderly people since it is a low weight workout.

Main benefits of Kaatsu:

- Recruitment of fast or type 1 or glycolytic fibers with less fatigue of the central nervous system, when working with 20 - 30% of your RM.

- Increase in the levels of growth hormone , GH, and IGF-1 due to the accumulation of metabolites such as lactate when working on oxygen demand anaerobically.

- Production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) that increase the activation and proliferation of satellite muscle cells , key for muscle growth.

- Training with vascular occlusion produces a cross effect, when training one limb through occlusion the opposite limb benefits from the increase in strength and size.

- Although the effect is eminently local (at the level of the restricted muscle), a ''contagion'' of the effect to other groups involved in a compound exercise has been demonstrated. In this way, although due to the nature of the method we must limit the use of tourniquets to the extremities (arm, thighs, calves...) , the adjacent muscle groups seem to experience additional development .

- Kaatsu training is capable of generating great local fatigue due to hypoxia in less time than through traditional techniques of congestion and constant tension, foundations of traditional bodybuilding, with which it can be compared.

- It is especially interesting in rehabilitation therapies or unloading phases in a periodized plan, by using very light weights that do not stress ligaments and joints. For this reason, it has also been used successfully to prevent atrophy in astronauts and elderly people.

Features of occlusive training:

- Training frequency: 1 session per day 2 to 3 times per week.

- Pressure or level of occlusion: 100-240 mmHg.

- Intensity (1 RM): 20-40%.

- Work each muscle group in exercises of 4 series (30rep + 15rep + 15rep + 15rep) with rests between series of 30 - 60 seconds. Where we will look for the last repetition to failure or almost failure.

- Execution speed: 2:2

- Total session time: 10 to 15 m.

Base equipment:

- 1 KAATSU B1 console

- 4 bands (two for arms and two for legs) to carry out your exercises.

- 1 USB cable to recharge the battery

- Quickstart user guide.

- The bands are not included in the price. See how to select the size:

Size guide:

How to take the measurement correctly:

ARMS: Measure the merimeter circumference above the biceps and triceps, just below the deltoid. That is, the most proximal area of the arm.

LEGS: Sit on the edge of a chair and measure the circumference of your upper leg, along your groin, as high as possible in your groin.

Arms:

Small: Less than 18 centimeters

Medium: 18 - 28 centimeters

Extra large: more than 38 cm

Legs:

Small: Less than 40 centimeters

Medium: 40 - 50 centimeters

Extra large: More than 60 cm

Warranty:

- The device has a two-year warranty.