The Gymboss is a merciless trainer! I …

by Rob on September 11, 2007

Comment posted Review : Gymboss interval timer by DC.

The Gymboss is a merciless trainer! I am also using it for the Tabata Protocol and it truly does help keep you focused and shocked how painful 4 minutes of hard work can be!

Tagged as: Fat Loss, interval training

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1 Israel fatmanunleashed.com September 11, 2007 at 8:52 pm: a buddy of mine has been preaching to me for many years to try the interval training technique. i just did it today and it whooped my butt.
2 Jessie formerfatguyblog.com September 12, 2007 at 8:21 am: I practice the HIIT method during almost every cardio workout. (High Intensity Interval Training). And yes Israel, you are absolutely correct when you say it whoops your butt.
I am seriously soaking wet when I am done.

This little gadget is pretty cool, especially if you are horrible at keeping track of time (like me). I have been using the pre designed interval programs on the cardio machines, and this could definatly make it easier to incorporate my own program while using them.
3 Rob formerfatguy.com September 12, 2007 at 10:52 am: My Ultra Homeopathic physician has temporarily taken HIIT off my plate until we get my inner biochemistry back in order. She’s put me on a strict program of long duration low intensity cardio along with my heavy training sessions.

I’m going to miss HIIT for the little while I’m doing this, but getting my health and biochemistry back in order is of critical importance to me. When my insides are working properly, everything else just happens with less effort.
4 DC September 19, 2007 at 8:13 am: The Gymboss is a merciless trainer! I am also using it for the Tabata Protocol and it truly does help keep you focused and shocked how painful 4 minutes of hard work can be!
5 tim hammond October 14, 2007 at 2:27 pm: We have just started using the gymboss for our swim teams circuit. It saves us (the coaches) so much time, not having to watch the clock. We can critique the swimmers technique and work in the pool while others are doing dryland. Thank you!
6 Scott straighttothebar.com October 14, 2007 at 3:10 pm: Cheers Tim, sounds great. It’s one of my favourite workout tools.
7 Nick November 8, 2007 at 6:29 am: I ordered a gymboss timer based on recommendations from people I’d seen doing crossfit. It’s great that during tabata workouts now, I get to concentrate more on my technique instead of having to keep track of rep count, form, *and* time remaining in a set.

But just as impressive to me was the customer service from Gymboss. My on-campus post office has been known to lose or delay packages. I sent a brief email to Gymboss to ask whether PayPal had passed along my payment, and the *moment* they heard I hadn’t received the order, they rushed out a second one. All I had to do was be happy when the first package arrived, and mark the second “return to sender.”
8 ursula November 18, 2007 at 11:03 am: I bought the GYMBOSS timer for my husband and he absolutely loves it. He sais it is the best timer he ever had. He uses every day and it is good for many activities. We take it with us every time we travel too since it is so small. On top of that, it is very easy to use.
9 Scott straighttothebar.com November 20, 2007 at 4:22 am: Nick, I agree. It’s amazing customer service. I recently bought one for a friend of mine, and the package was damaged in transit. A replacement was immediately shipped out, at no extra cost. Brilliant.

Ursula, that’s a great point about the usefulness when travelling. It’s a perfect on-the-road size.
10 DanT January 31, 2008 at 4:11 pm: I love my gymboss interval timer. I use it for weightlifting and for cardio. Works awesome to time rounds hitting the heavy bags and speed bags. Used the evelast boxing time but the gymboss has sooo many more features.
11 DanT January 31, 2008 at 4:11 pm: I love my gymboss interval timer. I use it for weightlifting and for cardio. Works awesome to time rounds hitting the heavy bags and speed bags. Used the evelast boxing timer but the gymboss has sooo many more features.
12 Mark hiitsource.com February 17, 2008 at 7:30 am: I reviewed it on my HIIT blog, and I love it!

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13 Skip Simpson August 12, 2008 at 5:02 am: I bought a GymBoss and liked it when it worked. I had dropped it a couple of times and it still worked. Then I had it clipped to a magazine propped up in front of a stationary cycling machine I was on. The magazine fell, the GymBoss hit something and no longer worked. I called GymBoss and they replaced it after I returned it. I had it clipped to my workout shorts. When I pulled down my shorts in the bathroom, the second GymBoss came off (it was clipped on now) and hit the floor from about 2 feet up. It no longer worked. I hadn’t even been able to use it once. I didn’t bother calling them again.