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ERT-100 REST RESPONDER from Logic Systems, Inc.

Lose 10 pounds faster
with less work!

Make your workout work for you! Tone, trim, and add muscle faster!

When you add muscle you increase your body's metabolism and its ability to burn calories faster!

Use the ERT-100 Rest Responder to help maintain intensity and give you a more efficient workout. Achieve your goals faster and with less effort.

• Aerobics: Time your workouts so you don't fall short. Multiple timing sequences allow you to control the durations of your warm up, high/low intensity, and cool down.

• Weight Lifting:
Maintain workout intensity by controlling your rest periods between sets. Use the Rest Responder to get a more efficient workout helping to yield maximum results.

• Boxing:
Use the Rest Responder to control your bag time, jump rope durations, or even use it as a "round" timer for sparring.

• Speed Training:
Speed training is similar to weight lifting in that you need to rest for a sufficient interval in order to attain maximum results. If you do not rest long enough you will not have enough energy to sprint fast enough. Sprinting is a physical expression of power not strength or endurance. Without proper rest you will not be able to exert power at a premium level.

• Many Uses:
What are your particular workout needs? Aerobics, Boxing, Interval Conditioning, Plyometric Training, Sports Performance Training, Weight Lifting, Wind Sprint Conditioning, Sporting Events Timing, and many more uses.

A must for Personal Trainers! By maintaining accurate rest times between sets, you will help your clients stay focused for maximum benefits.

"After more than two decades of exercise, training and program design, I have found the intensity factor to be the most common downfall…. With these observations in hand and the empirical data available we have developed the Rest Responder.…. Now anyone can virtually eliminate one of the most common failures of the exerciser in the gym…INTENSITY. Simple, easy to use, and very effective when used with the accompanying chart, the Rest Responder can and will make the difference in your workouts and specially in you…"
Joe Rose, CPT, ACSM, ACSM CEQ, ACE, USWA

 

The ERT-100 Rest Responder was designed for use with almost any fitness program. It is feature rich and user friendly. We designed the ERT-100 Rest Responder to help you attain your goals and maintain maximum efficiency so you are not wasting your time and energy.

• Unique "Tap" Activation: No fumbling for buttons while you are working out. The unique "Tap" feature allows you to "Tap" the body to start the timing sequence. We have even made it programmable to accommodate either one or two "Taps". Many runners and aerobic users prefer using two "Taps". Or, if you prefer, your ERT-100 may be used via button activation. Your choice!

• Tone Selection: Four programmable tone sequences for your specific needs. Lets you know it's your ERT-100 that is working.

• Headphone Friendly: Many people work out listening to music via headphones. We have incorporated a vibrator mode to accommodate just such an application. Enjoy your tunes confident that the ERT-100 will alert you when it's time for the next activity.

• LCD Readout: Large digital display with icons allows for ease of programming. The ERT-100 lets you watch the countdown should you desire to do so.

• Four Independent Timers: Equipped with four independent programmable timers, the ERT-100 can be used for hundreds of applications in the gym, on the playing field, at work, and at home. Program from one to four timers in any order you desire. All timers can be programmed from 1 sec. to 99 min. 59 sec.

• Sequence or Continuous Timing: Sequence the timers by "Tapping" to start each timer in the order they are programmed after the previous timer has completed its' cycle. The ERT-100 will wait for your command. Continuous timing will cycle through all the programmed timers with only one starting "Tap". Each timer will signal upon its completion and the next timer will start automatically until all programmed timers have completed.

• Clip or Belt: Your ERT-100 comes with a specially designed belt clip that will grab a weight belt or the waistband of your shorts. We also supply a stretchable belt that can be used in place of the clip if you choose to strap it on your arm instead of clipping it on.

• It's a Clock: When not in use as a timer, your ERT-100 becomes a clock. Automatically switching from timer to clock, and at your command back to a timer.

The ERT-100 Rest Responder comes in 3 colors complete with Clip, Stretchable Belt, Battery and Instructions. Also included, a chart to help with your specific weight routine.

Improvements in muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility follow the two major principles of training: overload and specificity. The principle of overload states that for a tissue or organ to improve its function, it must be exposed to a load to which it is not normally accustomed. Repeated (Repetitions/Sets) exposure is associated with an adaptation by the tissue or organ that leads to improved functional capacity. An exercise prescription specifies the intensity, duration, and frequency of training and it is interaction of these three variables that results in the cumulative overload to which the tissue or organ must adapt. "Any overload will result in strength development, but higher-intensity effort at or near maximal effort will produce a significantly greater effect. The intensity of resistance training can be manipulated by varying the weight, the number of repetitions, the length of the rest interval between exercises, or the number of sets of exercises completed." The principle of specificity states that training effects derived from an exercise program are specific to the exercise performed and muscles involved.

Repetitions are a specific training protocol determined by an individual's fitness or training goal. Repetitions relate not only to the number of consecutive muscular contractions but also the number of times you repeat the activity, (a.k.a. sets), and the amount of time of rest between the sets, to the cadence of each individual repletion. All these factors contribute and play a very important role as to the effectiveness of your own individual workout and the benefits you derive. The following chart will give you a basis for developing the "Repetition" formula best suited for your needs. Still, and without a doubt, seek the assistance of a Certified Personal Trainer to insure the correctness of your training protocol.

 

training goals

muscular emdurance


hypertrophy

muscular strength


power

neurological

maximum

sets

1-3
2-5

1-4

1-4


1-5

1-3

1

reps

15-25
10-25

8-12

5-8


1-5

1-3

1

weight

low
low

med/heavy

heavy


medium

very heavy

maximal

rest (sec)

30-60
15-45

60-120

60-180
90-120

120-210

180-300

180-420

timing

3,4
2,3

2,3

1-2,2-4
2-3,3-4

fast

1-3,2-4

fastest, 2