VARRI, a vertical running machine, vertical, anti-gravity, rehabilitation, recovery, impact resistant

A leg powered, anti-gravity running machine that removes the effect of gravity and repetitive impact to a ground/surface from running on a user's joints and bones while exercising without impact wherein the anti-gravity running machine consists of:

• a) a structural framework made of a powder-coated steel tube material and configured as a group of horizontal, adjustable and telescoping vertical, diagonal, and cantilevered tubes, each tube having opposite ends, and the ends are interconnected with a means for fastening the ends of each tube to an adjoining tube;
• b) a movable seat mounted on a slide base structure (48) for the user positioned in front of the framework and a group of vertical structural members affixed to the framework at one end near the user's leg, the movable seat allowing the user to recline at the waist horizontally and to use the legs of the user in a running motion without the effects of vertical impact and gravity which results in biomechanics that allow the user to compare the effects of gravity and vertical impact to a set of multiple muscles and joints, and the movable seat positioned at an end opposite of the one end, wherein the legs of the user are positioned between the framework and the movable seat, and wherein the movable seat has a reclinable back;
• c) a group of pulleys affixed in paired sets by a means for removably securing each of the pulley to the structure framework;
• d) a pair of cables guided by the paired sets of pulleys, the cables with opposite ends, each cable with a first end removably secured by a means for securing the cable to one of a pair of foot harnesses and each cable at an opposite end removably affixed to a pair of a set of weights that are manually adjusted as a means for tensioning and pulling the secured cable, whereby the means for tensioning and pulling each secured cable by the user thereby controllably and alternatively cycles and releases each foot harness and whereby each of the pair of the set of weights resists the leg action of the user and offsets the weight of the leg of the user during the alternative cycles thereby resulting in repetitive motions which removes the effects of gravity and the effects of vertical impact of running on the set of muscles and joints of the user;
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• e) a manual means for engaging the means for tensioning and pulling and for controllably releasing the tension and for controlling the set of weights applied and for controlling a speed of cycling the tensioning and release wherein the leg-powered, anti-gravity running machine with the reclined movable seat, paired cables, and paired resisting set of weights off-sets the weight of the user's legs and provides additional resistance during a series of performance training programs, wherein the running machine eliminates the effect of repetitive impact of running on the ground/surface to the group of the joints and bones of the user, and wherein the running machine is utilized for both rehabilitation and performance conditioning of athletes.

A leg powered, anti-gravity running machine that removes the effect of vertical impact to a ground/horizontal surface and gravity on a user's joints and bones wherein the leg powered, anti-gravity running machine consists of:

• a) a structural framework supporting a group of components of the leg powered, anti-gravity running machine wherein the structural framework is made of durable materials and is configured as a group of horizontal, adjustable and telescoping vertical, diagonal, and cantilevered tubes, each tube having opposite ends, and the ends are interconnected with a means for fastening the ends of each tube to an adjoining tube;
• b) a pair of cables guided to each of the user's legs by a paired set of pulleys, the cables with opposite ends, each cable with a first end removably secured by a means for securing the cable to one of a pair of foot harnesses and each cable at an opposite end removably affixed to a pair of a set of weights that are manually adjusted, the weights operating as a means for tensioning and pulling the secured cable, whereby the means for tensioning and pulling each secured cable by the user thereby controllably and alternatively cycles and releases each foot harness and leg and whereby each of the pair of the set of weights resists the leg action of the user and offsets the weight of the leg of the user during the alternative cycles thereby resulting in repetitive motions which removes the effects of gravity and the effects of vertical impact of running on a group of muscles and joints of the user and which improves the user's leg strength, increases the user's stride and increases the user's speed;
• c) the group of pulleys affixed in paired sets by a means for removably securing each of the pulleys to the structural framework;
• d) a movable seat mounted on a slide base structure (48) for the user, the movable seat having a reclinable back and a group of vertical structural members affixed to the framework at one end and the movable seat at an opposite end, the movable seat allowing the user to recline horizontally at the waist and to use the legs of the user in a running motion without the effects of vertical impact from ground and of gravity which results in biomechanics that allow the user to compare the effects of gravity and vertical impact to a set of multiple muscles and joints;
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• e) a pair of hand grips, one of the grips on each side of the movable seat and secured to the structural framework, wherein the pair of hand grips aid the balance of the user while the user is in a reclining position wherein the leg-powered, anti-gravity running machine with the reclined movable seat, paired cables, and paired resisting set of weights off-sets the weight of the user's legs and provides additional resistance during a series of performance training programs, wherein the running machine eliminates the effect of repetitive impact of running on the ground/surface to the group of the joints and bones of the user, and wherein the running machine is utilized for both rehabilitation and performance conditioning of athletes.