Different Types of KAATSU Walking

People of all ages perform KAATSU Walking.

Users can either use their KAATSU Air Bands on their arms or legs while doing KAATSU Walking. They do this extremely effective, efficient, safe application of KAATSU for a variety of reasons and applications, preferably in the KAATSU Cycle mode:

Weight Maintenance or Weight Loss

• The most effective KAATSU Walking for weight maintenance or weight loss is to use the arm bands first as a warm-up modality before you begin your KAATSU Walking session. Then, switch to the leg bands on the KAATSU Cycle mode in the Low Pressure setting and begin walking. If you want to apply more stress, then you can switch to the Medium Pressure setting, and then to the High Pressure setting as you wish and as you can.
• Make sure to place the leg bands around your upper legs while you are sitting down; not while you are standing up. Apply the bands with a "one-finger tightness".
• Make sure to be well-hydrated before and during your KAATSU Walking session.
• Immediately take off the bands if you feel uncomfortable or lightheaded. This is an indication that the leg bands are on too tightly.
• Walk barefoot in the sand for the most vigorous KAATSU Walking session.
• Alternatively, you can walk on grass or uphill for a more intense workout.
• You can also walk on a treadmill while it is set on a slight or moderate incline.

Muscle Strengthening of the Upper Body

• The most effective KAATSU Walking for muscle strengthening of the upper body is to use the arm bands first as a warm-up modality before you begin your KAATSU Walking session. Then, keep the arm bands on the KAATSU Cycle mode in the Low Pressure setting and begin walking. If you want to apply more stress, then you can switch to the Medium Pressure setting, and then to the High Pressure setting as you wish and as you can.
• Repeatedly contract and relax the muscles of your arms while you are walking. You can do biceps curls or triceps extensions or hand clenches as you walk. The more that you contract your arm muscles while walking, the more impactful KAATSU will be.
• You can continue walking at a comfortable pace as you work your arms.
• Make sure to place the bands around your upper arms with a "one-finger tightness".
• Make sure to be well-hydrated before and during your KAATSU Walking session.
• Immediately take off the bands if you feel uncomfortable or lightheaded. This is an indication that either the arm bands are on too tightly or the stress of the workout is too much.
• Walk barefoot in the sand for the most vigorous KAATSU Walking session.
• Alternatively, you can walk on grass or uphill for a more vigorous workout while moving your arms.
• You can also walk on a treadmill while it is set on a slight or moderate incline.

Overall Stamina Building and Muscle Strengthening of the Lower Body

• The most effective KAATSU Walking for stamina building and muscle strengthening of the lower body is to use the arm bands first as a warm-up modality before you begin your KAATSU Walking session. Then, put the leg bands on the KAATSU Cycle mode in the Low Pressure setting and begin walking. If you want to apply more stress, then you can switch to the Medium Pressure setting, and then to the High Pressure setting as you wish and as you can.
• Start with a comfortable pace and increase your pace as you wish.
• Make sure to place the bands around your upper legs with a "one-finger tightness" while you are sitting down (not standing up).
• Make sure to be well-hydrated before and during your KAATSU Walking session.
• Immediately take off the bands if you feel uncomfortable or lightheaded. This is an indication that either the leg bands are on too tightly or the stress of the workout is too much.
• Walk barefoot in the sand for the most vigorous KAATSU Walking session.
• Alternatively, you can walk on grass or uphill for a more vigorous workout while moving your arms.
• You can also walk on a treadmill while it is set on a slight or moderate incline.

Longevity and Wellness

• The most effective KAATSU Walking for longevity and overall wellness is to use the arm bands first as a warm-up modality before you begin your KAATSU Walking session. Then, put the leg bands on the KAATSU Cycle mode in the Low Pressure setting and begin walking. If you want to apply more stress, then you can switch to the Medium Pressure setting, and then to the High Pressure setting as you wish and as you can.
• Start with a comfortable pace and increase your pace as you wish. But a comfortable pace, performed for 15-30 minutes per day in the Low Pressure setting in the KAATSU Cycle mode is sufficient.
• Make sure to place the bands around your upper legs with a "one-finger tightness" while you are sitting down (not standing up).
• Make sure to be well-hydrated before and during your KAATSU Walking session.
• Immediately take off the bands if you feel uncomfortable or lightheaded. This is an indication that either the leg bands are on too tightly or the stress of the workout is too much.
• Comfortably walk barefoot in the sand for the most strenuous KAATSU Walking session.
• Alternatively, you can walk on grass or uphill for a more vigorous working while constantly moving your arms.
• You can also walk on a treadmill while it is set on a slight or moderate incline, at a comfortable pace.

Core Strengthening

• The most effective KAATSU Walking for core strengthening is to use the arm bands first as a warm-up modality before you begin your KAATSU Walking session. Then, put the leg bands on the KAATSU Cycle mode in the Low Pressure setting and begin walking slowly with a book on your head. Keep your shoulders back and walk with perfect posture with a straight spine and a balanced gait.
• Continue to walk until the book falls off your head. Reset the book and continue walking.
• For a more difficult challenge (for those with outstanding balance), hold two water bottles (or very light weights) in both hands and move your arms assymetically while you are walking.
• Alternatively, you can do Hand Clenches as you walk with the book balanced on your head.

KAATSU Hybrid

• The most effective KAATSU Walking for overall fitness is to alternate each of these applications (e.g., Monday: Weight Maintenance or Weight Loss + Tuesday: Muscle Strengthening of the Upper Body + Wednesday: Overall Stamina Building and Muscle Strengthening of the Lower Body + Thursday: Longevity and Wellness + Friday: Core Strengthening) described above on different days of the week.
• A variety of stress applied to different parts of the body performed daily will have a very positive cumulative effect.

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How Do Extreme Athletes Use KAATSU?

Are you going to climb Mount Everest? Will you cycle across the continental USA or Europe? Do you plan to swim across the English Channel?

Are you entered in a triathlon or a marathon? Are you entered in a 10K run or a Mud Run? Going on a long kayaking trip or going on a multi-day hiking adventure?

Do you plan to challenge yourself and go way out of your comfort zone? Will you try something extraordinarily difficult that you have never done before – but have always dreamed of accomplishing?

If so, then KAATSU is a modality that can help you reach your goals.

How do extreme athletes – of any age of any ability in any sport – use KAATSU in the preparations?

Three Ways

• For athletic performance
• For injury rehabilitation
• For workout recovery

However, the use of KAATSU in all these areas is non-intuitive.

That is, if you want to run faster, you can use KAATSU while you are walking or sitting. If you want to get stronger, you can use KAATSU for strength building with much lighter weights or lower resistance. If you want to get rid of metabolic waste after an intense workout, then just sit and relax with your KAATSU equipment.

The use of KAATSU equipment and protocol is the catalyst to complex internal physiological mechanisms. These mechanisms enable the increase in elasticity of your vascular tissue and serve as the catalyst for robust hormonal responses. Through these biochemical reactions in your body, athletic performances can be improved, injury rehabilitation can be quickened, and workout recovery can be enhanced.

Stamina, Strength, Speed

For athletic performance, you can increase your stamina and speed by increasing the elasticity of your vascular tissue throughout your body, especially in your working muscles. The vascular tissue in your body is ubiquitous. If you took all the arteries, veins, and capillaries in your entire body and laid them end to end, you could circle the Earth two times. That is how much vascular tissue the human body is necessary to circulate approximately 5 liters (or 1.2 – 1.5 gallons) of blood in our bodies.

Athletes can accomplish this while at rest or during movement. At rest, you can simply by repeat Progressive KAATSU Cycle sets, starting at the Low Pressure setting and advancing to higher settings (i.e., Medium and High). During movement (training), you can use the KAATSU Constant mode and replicate the movement in your chosen sport or activity.

That is, extreme athletes can literally walk at a comfortable pace (or increase to a Power Walk) with the KAATSU Air Bands on their legs, either in the KAATSU Cycle mode or the KAATSU Constant mode. With the increase in vascular elasticity during movement, blood flows more efficiently in and out of your working muscles.

The same is true when you are at rest, perhaps relaxing at home before or after workouts, or doing the KAATSU Cycle mode while you are writing emails, reading, studying, or making plans for your event.

You can also do speed work with the KAATSU Air Bands on your arms or legs. This speed work can take less than 10 minutes. Then, in an ideal situation, you can remove the KAATSU Air Bands and repeat your drill or set without the bands. Athletes report they feel “lighter” and faster as a result.

Practical Performance Protocols

Practical performance protocols include the following:

• You can do KAATSU before, during, or after each workout or training session.
• Each session can include use of the KAATSU Air Bands on your arms, and then subsequently on your legs.
• Always be well hydrated before and during your KAATSU sessions.
• Each session can include up to 6 KAATSU Cycle sets, performed both on your arms and legs.
• Each session, if you so choose, can also include up to 10 minutes of KAATSU Constant on either your arms or legs (but never both simultaneously together).
• Always start in the Low Pressure setting and then advance to the Medium (and High, if possible or desired) Pressure settings.
• If you are a leg-dominant athlete (e.g., a runner or cyclist), you can focus more on your legs.
• Conversely, if you are an arm-dominant athlete (e.g., a marathon swimmer), you can focus more on your arms.
• For increased core strength, you can use the KAATSU Air Bands on your legs, and then balance on one foot – or walk around with a book on your head with a straight spine and shoulders back.

Rehabilitation

For athletes who experience overuse injuries of their connective tissue (ligaments or tendons) or muscles, KAATSU can be critical part of your overall physical therapy.

Similarly, for athletes whose limbs must be temporarily immobilized in a cast or sling due to a broken bone (foot, finger, hand, foot, arm, or leg, or even broken ribs or clavicle, repeated KAATSU Cycle sets are an essential modality that can help you avoid muscle atrophy and significant strength or stamina loss. This is also true if you must temporarily use a wheelchair, leg brace, or foot boot.

Practical Rehabilitation Protocols

Practical rehabilitation protocols include the following:

• Do 2-3 sessions of KAATSU daily (e.g., morning, afternoon, and evening within an hour of going to bed).
• Each session can include use of the KAATSU Air Bands on your arms, and then subsequently on your legs.
• Always be well hydrated before and during your KAATSU sessions.
• Each session can include 3-6 KAATSU Cycle sets, performed both on your arms and legs.
• There is no need to do KAATSU Constant.
• Always start in the Low Pressure setting and then advance to the Medium (and High, if possible or desired) Pressure settings.
• If you wish, you can also do “single-limb KAATSU” where you place the band on only the injured arm or leg. This single-limb KAATSU helps focus the utilization of healing hormones on the injured side.

Recovery

For athletes who are training hard daily or twice daily, or competing in athletic events, Progressive KAATSU Cycle sets can be performed immediately after intense workouts or after bouts of competition to effectively and efficiently remove metabolic waste that have built up in your muscles. Blood engorges your vascular tissue for 30 seconds during the inflation phase. Then, the KAATSU Air Bands alternatively deflate (decompress) and the metabolic waste efficiently flushes out of the muscle during the repeated cycles.

These repeated KAATSU Cycle sets are a highly effective modality to help avoid or minimize muscle soreness and sustained fatigue.

Practical Recovery Protocols

Practical recovery protocols include the following:

• Do sessions of KAATSU immediately (or as soon as possible) after each workout or bout of competition. It can be done after training, games, and between preliminary heats, semifinal heats, and the finals.
• Each session can include use of the KAATSU Air Bands on your arms and/or your legs.
• Always be well hydrated during your KAATSU sessions.
• Each session can include up to 6 KAATSU Cycle sets, performed both on your arms and legs.
• Always start in the Low Pressure setting and then advance to the Medium (and High, if desired) Pressure settings.
• If you are a leg-dominant athlete (e.g., a runner or cyclist), you can focus more on the recovery of your legs.
• Conversely, if you are an arm-dominant athlete (e.g., a marathon swimmer), you can focus more on the recovery of your arms.
• You can start at whatever Pressure setting that you are comfortable with. Athletes often have different preferences given different scenarios and conditions.
• If you are a leg-dominant athlete (e.g., a runner or cyclist), you can focus more on the recovery of your legs.
• Conversely, if you are an arm-dominant athlete (e.g., a marathon swimmer), you can focus more on the recovery of your arms.
• You can also use the KAATSU Cycle sets during travel across multiple time zones to help moderate your interrupted circadian rhythm.

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Unboxing and Using the Revolutionary KAATSU B1

The Bluetooth-enabled KAATSU B1 device is the newest model in the KAATSU product line.

The B1 operates via a smartphone, either an Android or iOS app. The B1 can be safely utilized anywhere anytime by anyone with a smartphone.

Costs

• The KAATSU B1 - Dual Model comes with 2 Wearable units, 2 KAATSU Arm Air Bands, 2 KAATSU Leg Air Bands, and includes the online KAATSU Education Course, KAATSU Magazines, access to the KAATSU Performance (a cloud-based database), a customized training program (if desired), and a 1-year warranty for $1,499.99. The 2 Wearable units are interchangeable between KAATSU Arm Air Bands and KAATSU Leg Air Bands.
• The KAATSU B1 - Quad Model comes with 4 Wearable units, 2 KAATSU Arm Air Bands, 2 KAATSU Leg Air Bands, and includes the online KAATSU Education Course, KAATSU Magazines, access to the KAATSU Performance (a cloud-based database), a customized training program (if desired), and a 1-year warranty for $1,999.99.
• The KAATSU B1 - Leg & Core Model comes with 2 Wearable units, 2 KAATSU Leg Air Bands, and includes the online KAATSU Education Course, KAATSU Magazines, access to the KAATSU Performance (a cloud-based database), a customized training program (if desired), and a 1-year warranty for $1,349.99.
• The KAATSU B1 - Arm Model comes with 2 Wearable units, 2 KAATSU Leg Air Bands, and includes the online KAATSU Education Course, KAATSU Magazines, access to the KAATSU Performance (a cloud-based database), a customized training program (if desired), and a 1-year warranty for $1,299.99.
• There is an optional 2-year warranty for $199.99, an optional KAATSU Masters Specialist Course for $250, an optional KAATSU CEU Course that will be offered for $799.99 by year-end 2022, and an optional Masimo MightySat Finger Pulse Oximeter for $299.

Applications & Operations

• The KAATSU protocols (applications) are the same as used with previous KAATSU models (i.e., KAATSU Master, KAATSU Master 2.0, KAATSU M3, KAATSU Cycle 2.0, KAATSU Nano, KAATSU C3) and are based on clinical evidence derived from decades of research in the Japan, China, United States, and United Kingdom.
• The ultra-lightweight B1 Wearable units are connected with the arm and leg KAATSU Air Bands that control the inflation and deflation of uniquely designed internal pneumatic bladders. The bands do not impede arterial flow and only serve to gently, repeatedly, gradually, and briefly modify venous flow with KAATSU’s patented customizable Cycle pressure modes.
• Either one or two B1 Air Bands can be worn at a time, for single-limb or double-limb KAATSU. Like all other KAATSU Air Bands, the bands are placed on either your upper arms or upper legs. The Wearable units and bands are operated by the KAATSU B1 app on your smartphone. The KAATSU app is available on both iOS and Android.
• The KAATSU B1 app captures, archives, and analyzes your individual usage data that can be shared with physicians, therapists, coaches, trainers, chiropractors, teammates, and compared with others in the KAATSU Performance ecosystem.

KAATSU B1 versus KAATSU C3 or KAATSU Cycle 2.0 Advantages

• Tubeless: The KAATSU B1 does not require connector tubes as with earlier KAATSU models. This allows users to have more mobility and freedom of movement in order to meet performance, recovery, wellness, and rehabilitation needs. The B1 is tangle-free without any risk of tripping on connector tubes.
• Data Capture: Real-time usage data is captured, archived, analyzed, and can be shared on both an individual and group basis.
• Clinical Applications: Medical professionals, therapists, trainers, and coaches can access usage data and provide remote diagnoses and therapeutic and training recommendations to users.
• KAATSU Ecosystem: The KAATSU B1 and KAATSU M3 share a common database so medical professionals, therapists, and coaches can use the M3 in a clinical setting and the user can use the B1 at home or at work with usage data shared across the B1 and M3 platforms.

KAATSU Benefits

• On a cellular level, KAATSU increases vascular elasticity, naturally produces a robust hormonal response and healthful metabolites, and improves oxygen and blood flow.
• Physiologically, these biochemical reactions lead to better health safely and faster.
• Unlike other BFR equipment, there is no occlusion of arterial blood flow which significantly increases its safety profile.

B1 Advantages

• The KAATSU B1 is ideal and easy to use for both active and non-active individuals whether able-bodied, injured, or disabled, users of all ages, coaches, trainers, chiropractors, physical therapists, and physicians.
• Global analyses of multiple parameters is enabled (by gender, age, application, pressure, BMI, etc.). Over time, this aggregated and comparative data will help educate future users and KAATSU Specialists on optimal usage patterns and applications.
• The KAATSU Ecosystem now includes 3 models at three different price points that are attractive for different types of users:
o C3 at $999.99 is the lowest cost model, ideal for individual use
o B1 at $1,499.99 is the mid-range model, ideal for individual and military/team/group use who desire data analyses and individual data storage on their smartphones
o M3 at $4,999.99 is the clinical model, ideal for hospitals, medical clinics, rehabilitation and wellness centers

Dual versus Quad Model Advantages

The primary advantages of KAATSU B1 Quad Model (with 4 Wearable units) versus the KAATSU B1 Dual Model (with 2 Wearable units) are as follows:

• Two people can simultaneously use the KAATSU B1 Quad Model. That is, a husband and wife or 2 teammates can use 2 Wearable units each, enabling them to workout together. In this case, one partner uses the arm bands while the other partner uses the leg bands - meanwhile all the data is captured on each of their own respective smartphones.
• Users do not have to remove and put back on the 2 Wearable units each time they transition from using their arm and leg bands. That is, they just keep the 4 Wearable units on the arm bands and leg bands all the time. The units can be charged simultaneously while the units stay on the bands.
• Users can share their Wearable units and bands with others who might be interested in learning more about KAATSU at the same time the original user is demonstrating the KAATSU B1 with 1 Wearable unit on 1 band. The system also enables single-limb use.
• In the case that 1 Wearable unit is damaged, gets wet, or is not charged, a user has the choice to interchangeable use their other 3 Wearable units so there is no downtime.




KAATSU B1 Package

• KAATSU B1 Wearables: 2 units in the Dual Model or 4 units in the Quad Model
• 2 KAATSU Arm Air Bands
• 2 KAATSU Leg Air Bands
• 2 KAATSU Arm Wearable covers
• 2 KAATSU Leg Wearable covers
• USB Type-C dual charger (to simultaneously charge 2 units)
• Black carrying case
• Android or iOS app
• KAATSU Performance (cloud-based database)
• Online KAATSU Education Program
• KAATSU Magazines
• Optional Masimo MightSat Finger Pulse Oximeter
• Customized training program (if desired)


Differences between the KAATSU C3 and KAATSU B1 Models

• KAATSU C3 has connector tubes; KAATSU B1 does not
• KAATSU C3 was developed to meet the rugged needs of tactical athletes (i.e., soldiers) who occasionally train in harsh, dusty, muddy, rainy conditions
• KAATSU C3 device easily fits in a shirt or pants pocket or be clipped to a pair of shorts, pants, or tights; KAATSU B1 Wearable units are attached to the KAATSU Air Bands.
• KAATSU C3 costs $999; KAATSU B1 starts at $1,299.
• KAATSU C3 and KAATSU B1 Air Bands are not interchangeable

For more information on the KAATSU B1, visit here.

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