Mad Dogg Athletics crosscore Owner's Manual - page 12

Introduction

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CrossCore® User Guide & Manual

What is Rotational Bodyweight Training™ (RBT™)?

Rotational Bodyweight Training™ (RBT™) is the evolution of suspended bodyweight training. RBT™ takes all 

the benefits of traditional bodyweight training exercises and adds instability, rotation and dynamic tension 

to challenge the user’s balance and core in ways perhaps not seen before. The anchored pulley system 

demands heightened body awareness, requiring quick but subtle reflexes to stabilize joint movement while 

also enhancing motor skills. These are all qualities that have been shown to improve function and overall 

general fitness.

“Selectorized” or single joint exercise machines are commonplace in fitness facilities. While they do provide 

several fitness benefits like isolation of a single joint or muscle group (such as leg curls or bicep curls), they 

lack the physiological qualities necessary for everyday functional activities such as walking, running, rotating 

and bending. Although isolated muscle movements can improve strength, they do not directly carry over to 

the movement requirements in activities of daily living and can actually restrict mobility, which can lead to 

injury.

Rotational Bodyweight Training™ teaches the participant to train in multiple planes of movement, recruiting 

and combining (as opposed to isolating) muscle groups in order to enhance fitness and performance while 

reducing the risk of injury. Because CrossCore® has the ability to function as a traditional locked (static) 

suspension-oriented training device or a free-moving (rotating) system, the CrossCore has the ability to 

function as an Open Kinetic Chain (OKC) training tool (e.g. alternate arm rows) or as a Closed Kinetic Chain 

(CKC) tool (e.g. pull-ups). Its multi-functional capabilities make CrossCore a truly ideal functional training 

tool. 

RBT™ will help you to learn how to progress yourself and your exercises by using proper movement patterns 

along with rotational and anti-rotational stability techniques. CrossCore will take the concept of the “PUSH”, 

the “PULL”, the “BEND”, the “TWIST”, the “LUNGE”, and the “HOLD”, to new levels so that your training will 

carry over into multiple programs and platforms. 

How we exercise and train is not just about how we perform, but also how we function in life and sport. 

Our bodies are comprised of roughly 640 muscles and 206 bones, and none of them work in isolation. 

CrossCore® RBT™ is whole body training and addresses the body’s full dynamic range of movement. 

In its truest sense, all motion is connected. And just as importantly, all motion should incorporate some form 

of rotation to get the truest and most successful results. How does one pick up a laundry basket from the 

ground? How does one throw a baseball or kick a soccer ball? How does one simply grab for something that 

is just out of reach on the counter? Virtually all movements require a rotational element to them.

CrossCore’s® patented pulley system is what separates us from any other suspended bodyweight product on 

the market. CrossCore® RBT™ is the evolution of suspended bodyweight training!