Method and Tool for Exercising Muscles
AssigneeYoYo Technology AB Regeringsgatan
InventorErnst Hans Erik Berg
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for exercising muscles with the aid of an exercise apparatus and, where appropriate, for measuring exercise conditions, where the person exercising loads the relevant muscles by increasing or decreasing the rotational energy (E(kin)), kinetic energy, of at least one rotatably mounted flywheel, by means of a traction element which is wound up and designed for acting on the flywheel (1), the flywheel (1, 1a) being braked in a controlled manner by means of a brake element (40). The invention also relates to an exercise apparatus for exercising muscles.
Claims47
Method for exercising muscles with the aid of an exercise apparatus and, where appropriate, for measuring exercise conditions, where the person exercising loads the relevant muscles by increasing or decreasing the rotational energy (E(kin)), kinetic energy, of at least one rotatably mounted flywheel, by means of a traction element which is wound up and designed for acting on the flywheel (1), characterized in that the flywheel (1, 1a) is braked in a controlled manner by means of a brake element (40).
Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the brake element (40) brakes by means of friction.
Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the speed of movement and the exerted force during muscle contraction or muscle lengthening and the action of the brake element (40) are influenced by changing the moment of inertia (J) of the flywheel.
Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that exercise conditions and therefore performance are measured and recorded.
Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that a temperature increase and therefore performance are measured by means of a thermometer element.
Exercise apparatus for exercising muscles and, where appropriate, for measuring exercise conditions, where at least one rotatably mounted flywheel is provided for loading the relevant muscles of the person exercising by increasing or decreasing the rotational energy (E(kin)), kinetic energy, of the flywheel, with a wound-up traction element being provided with which the person exercising is able to act on the flywheel, characterized in that the brake element (40) is designed to brake the flywheel (1, 1a) in a controlled manner.
Apparatus according to claim, characterized in that the safety system comprises a resettable slipping clutch which is designed such that, at a predetermined torque of the flywheel (1, 1a), the wheel is disengaged from the axle (2) in such a way that it slips against the latter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.