What Is Flywheel Workout

Flywheel training is a strength training modality that offers the possibility of performing exercises with eccentric overload and variable resistance as compared to conventional gravity-based resistance training.

Is flywheel training good?

Flywheel training results in numerous and varied improvements in muscles, tendons and other connective tissue. Improvements in strength, hypertrophy, muscle activation, muscle length, tendon stiffness, power, and athletically relevant performance have all been documented.

Who invented flywheel training?

At that time, Swedish scientists with The Karolinska Institutet, one of Europe’s largest and most prestigious medical universities in Stockholm, Sweden, developed a flywheel device that was designed to help astronauts to maintain skeletal muscle strength and mass in space.