Our Story
We’re a family business with family values. We’re committed to top-quality and excellent customer service. Our NXTGEN Endurance Board was inspired during Covid when more people were seeking fitness solutions to do at home, and the impact of road running and at- home skipping was starting to show.
Our founder tells his story here: “Like many people, I gained weight during the Covid pandemic, so I increased my runs from twice to five times a week in an attempt to improve my fitness. Even though I’d invested in a fabulous pair of running shoes, the stress of running soon took its toll on my body and I felt the effect on my joints. To the point I had to incorporate a two-day recovery period between each session.
I needed an alternative form of exercise and my son suggested I take up skipping – highlighting it to be a great form of cardio and full body workout. At almost 50, my mind was still strong, but my body had taken a beating over the years, and I struggled to skip due to the harsh nature of the repetitive movement.
I wanted a way to get the benefits of skipping, without the negative impacts on my body. That’s when the idea of using a flexible surface came into play. Skip! forward a few months and we’d designed an initial board. After taking it to market research and gaining positive feedback, we knew it had potential. We absorbed every bit of feedback and used it to make the board even better.
We had a final design, but for me, it was essential that it was reviewed by a professional body. This would be the reassurance I needed that the product was not just fit for purpose, but really something great. Finally, the meeting I was waiting for happened. It was so humbling to get great feedback from the brilliant Jonathan Davis on how good our product was. It was the push I needed to get it out to market.
I’m not willing to compromise on materials with this product so it’s been created using only the highest quality materials and local suppliers who we know and trust, minimising our footprint, while providing the best experience for our customers. The result is an effective, versatile and game changing platform for use at home, in the gym and in the ring!
Why get on (the) board?
We’ve been skipping since the dawn of time, not just as kids, but for fitness as well as in the boxing ring, hence “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” It’s synonymous with building endurance, stamina and agility, and because of its versatility, it’s unsurprisingly more popular than ever.
It’s not the rope, it’s the surface.
We’ve worked hard to find a solution that means you can keep on skipping (and jumping) but stress less about the impact on your body by reducing your ground reaction force.
what's so great about skipping?
It has a wealth of excellent health benefits: Research says just 10 minutes of skipping at a steady pace provides the same cardiovascular benefits as a 30-minute run.
It can raise your heart rate and keep it elevated, in the same way that running does. It also helps in developing rhythm, balance, timing, coordination and offers a full body (head to toe) workout. As a single exercise it uses more muscle fibres than any other exercise, working the core and strengthening the lower body, including leg muscles, calves and ankles, as well as improving bone density.
It’s also space-efficient, budget-friendly and can be used at any fitness level. So, what are you waiting for?
Whether it’s skipping that floats your boat, or any of the exercises we’ve talked about above, our versatile NXTGEN Endurance Board could be just what you need to get started.
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