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US 2011/0218083 A1Published application
Upright gluteus isolation weightlifting machine
OwnerDavid Staffinventor
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Abstract
Weightlifting apparatus may be used by a person in a standing position to exercise gluteus muscles. The apparatus may include a pivoting exercise assembly configured to be positioned at hip level of the person and to be pivoted by a leg of the person. A shoulder brace assembly may be configured to provide constraint against a shoulder of the person. A chest brace assembly may be configured to provide constraint against a chest of the person.
Claims10
Weightlifting apparatus for use by a person in a standing position to exercise gluteus muscles, comprising:
- a pivoting exercise assembly configured to be positioned at hip level of the person and to be pivoted by a leg of the person;
- a shoulder brace assembly configured to provide constraint against a shoulder of the person;
- and
- a chest brace assembly configured to provide constraint against a chest of the person.
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A weightlifting apparatus comprising:
- weights;
- a pivoting exercise assembly;
- a cable interconnecting the weights and the pivoting exercise assembly;
- and
- a force-equalizing crescent attached to the pivoting exercise assembly,
- wherein a portion of the cable passes over the force-equalizing crescent so that force applied to the pivoting exercise assembly by the weights is equalized as the pivoting exercise assembly is pivoted.
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A method for exercising gluteus muscles comprising the steps of:
- bracing a shoulder of an exercising person against a shoulder brace assembly;
- raising a knee of the exercising person to hip level;
- placing the knee over a pad of a pivoting exercise assembly;
- pushing the pad downwardly against resistance of weights attached to the pivoting exercise assembly;
- continuing downward pushing until a leg of the exercising person is straight and is extended behind the person.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.