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US 10,864,407 B2Granted
Coordinated weight selection
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorsScott R. Watterson, William T. Dalebout
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Abstract
A free weight assembly includes a cradle, an aerobic exercise element that is movable with respect to the cradle during the performance of an exercise, at least one free weight removable from the cradle, an input in communication with a processor that determines a time to instruct a user to remove the free weight, and an indicator that activates when the time to remove the free weight arrives.
Claims20
An exercise machine comprising:
- a free weight cradle configured to hold one or more free weights;
- an exercise element that is movable with respect to the free weight cradle during a performance of a programmed workout;
- a console that incorporates a display and a speaker;
- one or more processors;
- memory storing programmed instructions of the programmed workout that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- automatically control, by the programmed instructions of the programmed workout, an operating parameter of the exercise element during the performance of the programmed workout;
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- automatically present, by the programmed instructions of the programmed workout, exercise instructions regarding alternating use of the exercise element, and of the one or more free weights, during the performance of the programmed workout.
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