Training apparatus

A training apparatus for the simulation of rowing training, the training apparatus comprising:

• a frame and a guide arranged on said frame;
• a sliding seat linearly movable back and forth along said guide;
• a footrest arranged in a vicinity of an end of said guide;
• oarlock shafts disposed laterally of said guide, said oarlock shafts include a first oarlock shaft and a second oarlock shaft;
• two handles each rotatably mounted on a respective said oarlock shaft and rotatable independently of one another;
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• a drive mechanism connected to each of said oarlock shafts by way of a force-transmitting connection, said drive mechanism including a gearing and a braking device;
• said drive mechanism including at least one freewheel disposed between said oarlock shafts and said braking device such that said handles are pivotable independently of one another about a respective said oarlock shaft, and wherein, when said handles are actuated in a first direction about an axis of a respective said oarlock shaft, power is discharged to said braking device and when said handles are actuated in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, about the axis of the respective said oarlock shaft, said handles are returnable without power being fed to or discharged from said braking device;
• said at least one freewheel includes a first freewheel and a second freewheel;
• said drive mechanism comprises a first drive selected from the group consisting of a first chain drive, a first belt drive, and a first pair of gear wheels, for transmitting a rotational movement of said first oarlock shaft to said first freewheel;
• the rotational movement of a second oarlock shaft is transmitted via a second drive selected from the group consisting of a second chain drive, a second belt drive, and a second pair of gear wheels to said second freewheel;
• said first freewheel includes a first intermediate shaft and said second freewheel includes a second intermediate shaft, and wherein a rotational movement of said second intermediate shaft is transmitted to said first intermediate shaft by way of an intermediate chain drive or an intermediate pair of gear wheels or an intermediate belt drive so that the power or force which is transmitted to said handles can be added to said first intermediate shaft, and wherein an added power is deliverable from said first intermediate shaft to said braking device.