Maximum Results in Minimum Time

Nautilus is the most famous name in exercise. Through decades of intense research and development Nautilus has created over 40 different machines that thoroughly stimulate all of the major muscles of the body. Nautilus machines are employed by professional sports teams, sports medicine clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation/physiotherapy centres, the armed forces, government agencies, law enforcement agencies, high schools, universities, corporate recreation centers, exercise physiology laboratories, YMCAs, YWCAs, racquet clubs and fitness centers.

Nautilus equipment delivers variable resistance that corresponds precisely to your muscles’ various strength curves. This makes it the only equipment that is constructed around the actual structural functions of human muscle. In addition, Nautilus is the only equipment manufacturer to have funded its own large scale research in the field of health and fitness (estimated to be in excess of $60,000,000) -- research conducted at prestigious academic institutions such as West Point Military Academy, Princeton, Harvard, the University of Florida and the University of Colorado, among others. Such research provides documented, scientific evidence for their revolutionary approach to fitness training, which can be summed up in six words: Train harder; train briefer, train infrequently.

Their research has also established clinically and categorically that Nautilus exercise equipment will provide tremendous improvements in strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness (the three components of “total fitness”) and that it produces these results more quickly, more thoroughly and more safely than aerobics, barbell training and all other forms of exercise – combined.

Nautilus is the only equipment that is constructed around the structural functions of human muscle. Proper exercise for the human body requires movement against resistance. The resistance, however, must be as follows:

• Rotary – it must rotate on the same axis as the joint that has been set in motion by the exercise.
• Direct – It must be imposed directly on the muscles that are being moved at the moment.
• Variable – It must vary in accordance with the muscle’s potential strength in different positions.
• Positive – the ability of the muscle to lift or contract (concentrically) against resistance.
• Static – the ability of the muscle to hold resistance at any point in the muscle’s range of motion.
• Negative – the ability of the muscle to lower resistance (eccentrically).

Nautilus equipment is designed to provide rotary, direct, and variable resistance, as well as to thoroughly tax the three levels of muscular strength (concentric, static, and eccentric). Other types of commercial equipment, such as barbells, dumbbells and exercise machines that employ hydraulics or round pulleys, do not offer this complete coverage. They are unidirectional, allowing only straight up and down movement, which often times is 180 degrees out of phase with the actual strength curve of the muscle that is being trained. This can result in a wasted time and energy (at best) and quite possibly injury. In addition, many of these other machines do not provide resistance in either the static or negative portion of the contraction, thus robbing the trainee of two-thirds of the potential benefit of the exercise. Nautilus, by contrast, was designed with a contrary objective: to make weight training more direct, efficient and productive, resulting in a more thorough stimulation of the muscle and a quicker route to total fitness.