Global Exercise Machines, Inc.
 

The Core Activator is one of the most effective tools for core training on the market today. It is extremely safe and versatile. Unlike seated low back machines that have been proven to damage and cause disc herniations, the Core Activator places the spine in a neutral position prior to exercise.  The Core Activator uses weight assistance as well as weight resistance, allowing a full range of exercises from light stretching to muscle building.  It is useful in a fitness center setting as a warm up or low back preparation before squats, dead lifts, or other weight training exercises as well as aerobics.  The exerciser may isolate specific muscles in front, side or back of the spine, or focus on core stabilization. This is the best "love handle" machine on the market.
By taking the load off the spine prior to and during exercise, the user can safely stretch, warm up, and build muscle all on the same machine.
Fitness Center and Health Club

The Core Activator is a biomechanically much more sound machine than your existing seated low back machines.  It has been proven that seated low back machines will cause disc herniations and will damage your spine with repetitive use.  The Core Activator not only can strengthen the low back in a biomechanically safer position, but can strengthen obliques and abdominals as well.  This machine can replace any existing seated low back exercise machine within your circuit.  The range of this machine extends from spinal rehabilitation all the way to well trained professional athletes. 
Physicians, Therapists and Rehabilitation Specialists

This versatile tool not only can isolate specific muscles of the core, but does much more.  EMG studies have demonstrated during an exercise bout with proper technique (abdominal bracing), the core musculature and muscle slings are recruited to help stabilize and protect the spine .  This not only strengthens end organ receptor (the musculature), but also invokes the strengthening of appropriate neurological pathways inducing neuroplasticity.

EMG Study

The multifidi, external and internal obliques, and rectus abdominal were found to activate in all ranges of motion with abdominal bracing on the Core Activator.