Training equipment and method

A method for operating training equipment for targeted muscle actuation, which comprises the steps of:

• actuating an at least partially muscle-powered actuating element by a user during a training exercise;
• providing a damping system having at least two components that are movable relative to one another, wherein at least one of the components is operatively connected with the actuating element, and a movement of the actuating element is damped with the damping system which has a field-sensitive rheological medium and at least one field generation system to generate and control a field strength,
• influencing at least one damping characteristic by the field generation system and controlling the field generation system based on at least one training parameter by a control system, and thereby damping a movement of the actuating element, taking into account the training parameter,
• providing the control system with at least one sensor configured to detect a body posture and a movement of the user of the user during the training exercise for targetedly controlling the movement of the actuating element and the field generation system based on the body posture and the movement of the user;
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• adapting the training parameter in real time with the control system in dependence on the body posture and the movement of the user detected by the at least one sensor, and providing feedback to the user by selectively and variably adjusting a damping of the actuating element in real time, based on the body posture and the movement of the user detected by the at least one sensor.

A method for operating training equipment for targeted muscle actuation, which comprises the steps of:

• actuating an at least partially muscle-powered actuating element by a user during a training exercise;
• detecting a body posture of the user during the training exercise and a speed at which the training exercise is being performed;
• providing a damping system having at least two components that are movable relative to one another, wherein at least one of the components is operatively connected with the actuating element, and a movement of the actuating element is damped with the damping system which has a field-sensitive rheological medium and at least one field generation system to generate and control a field strength,
• influencing at least one damping characteristic by the field generation system and controlling the field generation system based on the body posture and the speed by a control system, and thereby damping a movement of the actuating element, taking into account the body posture and the speed with which the exercise is being performed,
• controlling the field generation system with the control system during the training exercise for selectively and variably adjusting a damping of the actuating element in real time and, in addition, providing haptic feedback to the user as a function of the body posture and the speed with which the training exercise is being performed.