At Bing Lee, nothing makes us feel better than helping our customers live happy, healthy lifestyles. We know that fitness is a vital part of that - which is why we stock a range of products that are designed to enable you to keep active and in great shape.

And while we don’t deny it’s important to work up a sweat on a regular basis, we also want to emphasise the importance of relaxation and massage: to chill out occasionally and just recover.

Appliances ranging from foot spas to body massagers can help you recuperate after an intense workout - which will help your body’s performance in the long run.

Our range of massage and relaxation products offer important therapeutic benefits for the mind, body and soul. And even if you’re not a gym junkie, they represent great fitness gift ideas for the fitness fanatic in your life.

With all that in mind, we’ve put together a quick buying guide to introduce some home fitness equipment with the purpose of helping you unwind and refresh.

Popular brands of health and well-being appliances: Homedics, Sunbeam, Therabody, Beurer.

HOME FITNESS EQUIPMENT

MASSAGERS

Massage appliances come in all shapes and sizes - and with all sorts of different applications.

As with all things, some are better than others - but you can have confidence that there have been some outstanding high-tech products developed by the likes of Homedics and Beurer.

Providing excellent short-term therapeutic relief for your muscles, you’ll find many hand-held appliances that you can use during the course of the day. We also recommend products that are able to apply heat - this being a naturally soothing balm for the recovering body.

Your choice will also depend on what sort of recurrent muscle stress you experience. So, for example, if you have a lot of back complaints, you might opt for a massage seat cover from Beurer that is able to apply rhythmic pressure to specific points up and down your back. In this case, using the Spot Shiatsu massage setting, you can adjust the mechanism position so that it intensely focuses on one area that’s giving you particular trouble.

Meanwhile, if it’s your feet that are the issue, you might want to choose a massager from Beurer that replicates the pressure massage of Shiatsu while also applying a good dose of soothing heat.

MASSAGE GUN/THERAGUN

Yes, they sound a little intense - but don’t worry, they have terrific, effective therapeutic benefits, and represent a great way to help ease muscle tension and promote recovery. This applies particularly if you’re a committed gym enthusiast.

These products:

Offer deep tissue percussion massage, helping to release tight aching muscles.
Send a high frequency pulse action to dig deep into your muscle tissue.
Are suitable to be applied pre-and-post workout … and, for that matter, they’re also ideal if you spent an entire day sitting at your desk (or on your feet all day at work).

The “Theragun” by Therabody is an extremely popular example of this appliance - and has a host of great features. For example, it can be synced up to an app on your phone, integrating with Apple Health, Google Fit, and Samsung Health to suggest guided routines that can be then sent to your device. Homedics provides products like this “Physio Massage Gun”. Slightly more simple than the Theragun, it nevertheless delivers the deep tissue massage that you’ll need after an intense workout - and is still a very effective option. They offer a range of massage heads - allowing you to customise your massage and give your poor old muscles the treatment they need. Despite sounding intense, it’s simply a case of selecting your desired massage head and an intensity level, then gently moving it over the part of your body that needs treatment.

Popular brands of “massage guns”: Homedics and Therabody.

FOOT SPA

“Foot spa”... doesn’t the name alone just relax you? Bing Lee stocks a range of these beautiful products - that will combine vibration massage and, crucially, soothing heat (some of them even include bubble massage). Practically the only thing it won’t do is provide soothing words of wisdom and tell you everything is going to be alright - but hey, we’re sure someone is working on it.

BENEFITS OF MASSAGE AND RELAXATION

There are several ways that giving your body some therapeutic TLC can deliver benefits.

Faster recovery times: Research has found that massage can make a big difference to improving recovery times between intense workouts - by increasing the percentage of “regenerating muscle fibres”. This applies to people doing regular, typical exercise as much as it does athletes in training.
Treating injuries: It depends on what kind of injuries, but in many cases the muscles tighten up - as in, tighter than they were pre-injury. Massage can be helpful loosening up the muscles and restoring them to their “original length”.
Preventing injuries: By the same token, massage can help reduce the chances of injury by taking the tension or tightness out of muscles. It improves the ability of muscles and soft tissue to be stretched, allowing for more blood flow to the area. That means you’ll be able to take things that much further without worrying about injury.
Stress relief: Massage has the obvious benefit of relaxation of the mind as well as the body. Being able to take time out, get off the phone, and just decompress with a massage is pretty important - particularly in today’s technologically intense world - and has been known to ease anxiety and depression symptoms.

TIPS AND ADVICE

We should point out that these products are intended to offer support and relief - but, obviously, they can’t be considered a complete solution to an injury. Particularly if you’re experiencing ongoing pain, we naturally recommend you consult with your GP or physiotherapist.

Here are other ways to help your recuperation - and support the benefits offered by our range of relaxation, health and fitness devices.

THINK ABOUT THE WAY YOU WORK

Particularly in the post-COVID era, Australians are more than ever working from home. If you’re someone now working from a home office, it’s really important to think about the way you are sitting for extended periods. Stooping over your computer from 9-to-5 is likely to cause neck, shoulder and lower back pain over the long term.

That’ll have a debilitating effect on your general health - as well as making it harder to exercise and keep fit.

Yes, Laptops are fantastically convenient - but not necessarily designed to be ergonomic over the long-haul. We recommend thinking about raising them to a more comfortable eye-level height - even if that just means putting a few books underneath them. It may also be worth investing in a computer monitor that will help save strain on your back and on your eyes.

And purchasing a good, ergonomic, adjustable office chair will also help!

MASSAGE BALLS AND ROLLERS

Another extremely effective DIY pain-relief option is a ball - which means anything from purpose-made massage ball to a tennis or squash ball. You’ll also find that foam rollers will become a vital part of your home office, helping to roll out tight muscles and stretch stiff joints.

KEEP IT MOVING

Lastly, another way to keep back, neck and muscle pains at bay is simply to regularly move during the course of your working day. Anything is better than nothing and just doing something different with your muscles will help loosen them up and dissipate lactic acid.

SIT BACK AND RELAX WITH BING LEE

At Bing Lee, we want to help you relax with great advice and service - so if you need any more information, please feel free to consult with us. Additionally, we want to make the incredible benefits of the best health and fitness products available for all our customers, so please note, we offer flexible payment options, including Zip and Afterpay.

As a proudly Australian-owned family business, Bing Lee is dedicated to providing great service for all our customers, with simple pickup and delivery options across both Sydney and Melbourne*.

And don’t forget, we also stock other health and fitness accessories that are the perfect thing to help you make the most of your next workout. These range from high-tech weight scales that will help you set your fitness goals and achieve them - to Garmin watches that’ll inspire your kids to stay active, offering interactive games based on cool themes, reminders and more. Meanwhile, our range of blenders and juicers will help keep you hydrated and refreshed with essential vitamins.