Hear that booming?
Impact shock waves have traveled the length of your body. Much of the shock has been absorbed by the time it gets to your head, but you can still easily hear it pounding! Your joints, bones and soft tissues are impact’s unfortunate shock absorbers. Imagine how loud that pounding is in your feet, ankles, knees, hips and lower back! Want to try something really scary? Test #2 Slowly increase your walking speed to a jogging, then to a running pace… BOOM – BOOM – BOOM…! Comparison Test Do those tests on treadmills other than the Orbiter and you’ll hear pretty much the same “Boom Boom Boom” pounding. Put Orbiter to the test, and you’ll wonder… Q: “Where did the pounding go?” A: The pounding went into Orbiter. Not into you. Orbiter’s suspended rubber surface absorbs your body’s first moment of shock, then the after momentarily dissipates the after shock impact, before converting it into Energy Return which you experience as a gentle rear foot lift. At walking speeds, this experience is
