# US 10,245,458 B2 · Muscle training method and muscle training system

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- Number: US 10,245,458 B2
- Document ID: US10245458B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/910,087
- Filed: 2014-08-19
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2014-07-09
- Assignees: Kaatsu Japan Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kaatsu Japan Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245458B2

## CPC

- A63B 21/0085: {using pneumatic force-resisters}
- A63B 21/00: Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices (electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00)
- A63B 21/06: User-manipulated weights
- A63B 21/4001: {Arrangements for attaching the exercising apparatus to the user's body, e.g. belts, shoes or gloves specially adapted therefor (weights worn on the user's body A63B21/065; exoskeletons in general B25J9/0006, for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about A61H3/00)}
- A63B 21/4025: {Resistance devices worn on the user's body (A63B21/065 takes precedence)}
- A63B 23/1209: {Involving a bending of elbow and shoulder joints simultaneously}
- A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user}
- A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music}
- A63B 2071/065: {Visualisation of specific exercise parameters}
- A63B 2071/0661: {arranged on the user}
- A63B 2071/0675: {Input for modifying training controls during workout}
- A63B 2071/068: {Input by voice recognition}
- A63B 2209/10: with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
- A63B 2220/56: Pressure
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A muscle training method includes the following steps that are repeated alternately to perform training of a muscle of a user: a pressuring and exercise step (S30, S50, S70, S90) of winding a belt around at least one of four limbs of the user and applying specific pressure thereto so as to restrict blood circulation of the muscle of the user without stopping the blood circulation, and asking the user to perform load-applied exercise to apply load of specific weight to the muscle of the user; and an exercise stopping step (S40, S60, S80, S100) of asking the user to stop the load-applied exercise while continuously applying the specific pressure to the user. The specific weight is set at a value smaller than maximum weight necessary for the user to exert maximum muscle force.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A muscle training method, comprising the following steps that are repeated alternately to perform training of a muscle of a user:
a pressuring and exercise step of winding a belt around an arm of the user, the muscle being in the arm of the user, and applying a specific pressure thereto so as to restrict blood circulation to the muscle without stopping the blood circulation, and having the user perform a load-applied exercise to apply a load of specific weight to the muscle of the user; and
an exercise stopping step of having the user stop the load-applied exercise while continuously applying the specific pressure to the user,
wherein the load-applied exercise is a one-arm curl exercise which is performed by the arm of the user;
wherein
the specific weight is set at 20-30% of a maximum weight necessary for the user to exert a maximum muscle force,
wherein the pressuring and exercise step is performed three times or more including a first pressuring and exercise step, a second pressuring and exercise step, and a third pressuring and exercise step, wherein a number of the load-applied exercise performed in the second pressuring and exercise step is set at ½ or less of the number of the load-applied exercise performed in the first pressuring and exercise step, and a number of the load-applied exercise performed in the third pressuring and exercise step is set at ½ or less of a number of the load-applied exercise performed in the second pressuring and exercise step,
wherein a number of the load-applied exercise performed in the first pressuring and exercise step is set at 25 to 30,
wherein, in the exercise stopping step, a stopping duration of the load-applied exercise is set at 10 to 20 seconds,
wherein the muscle training method further comprises a pressure setting step to set the specific pressure,
wherein the pressure setting step comprises an attachment step, in which the belt is wound around the arm of the user for attachment with a specific attachment pressure, a pressurization step, in which pressure higher than the specific attachment pressure is applied to the user, and a depressurization step, in which the pressure applied in the pressurization step is removed to return to the specific attachment pressure, and
wherein the pressurization step and the depressurization step are performed alternately a plurality of times while setting a value of pressure in a given pressurization step larger than a value of pressure in a preceding pressurization step compared to the given pressurization step, and a pressure applied when a color of a palm of the user turns red or reddish brown in the pressurization step is set as the specific pressure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The muscle training method according to claim 1, wherein the number of the load-applied exercise performed in the second pressuring and exercise step is set at 12 to 15.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The muscle training method according to claim 2, wherein the number of the load-applied exercise performed in the third pressuring and exercise step is set at 7 to 8.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The muscle training method according to claim 3, wherein when the pressuring and exercise step further includes a fourth pressuring and exercise step, wherein, a number of the load-applied exercise performed in the fourth pressuring and exercise step is set at ½ or less of the number of the load-applied exercise performed in the third pressuring and exercise step.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The muscle training method according to claim 4, wherein the number of the load-applied exercise performed in the fourth pressuring and exercise step is set at 2 to 3.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The muscle training method according to claim 1, wherein
in the exercise stopping step, a stopping duration of the load-applied exercise is set at 15 seconds.