Exercise Apparatus and Methods of Use
OwnerBret Contrerasinventor
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Abstract
The present invention includes an exercise apparatus adapted to exercise a user's gluteus muscles. The exercise apparatus and method of use allow the user to focus on and exercise gluteus muscles with specificity. Embodiments of the exercise apparatus include an upper body support, a foot support, and an exercise space. The exercise space is typically disposed substantially between an upper body support and a foot support, and permits substantial movement of a user's hips in both a forward direction and a rearward direction, substantially in or parallel to a user's sagittal plane. The exercise apparatus is adapted to load a user's gluteus muscles throughout a generally large range of gluteus muscle flexion and extension.
Claims18
An exercise apparatus comprising:
- a base frame having a front end and a back end;
- an upper body support having a top, wherein the upper body support is attached toward the back end of the base frame and the top of the upper body support is at least 30 cm from the ground;
- a foot support having a top, wherein the foot support is attached to the base frame toward the front end of the foot support and the top of the foot support is at least 15 cm from the ground;
- a resistance apparatus being connectable to a hip restraint to be worn by the user during exercise;
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- an exercise space comprising at least 91 cm between the upper body support and foot support, the exercise space being adapted to (i) allow the user to place the user's upper back on the upper body support and at least one of the user's feet on the foot support, (ii) allow the user to flex the user's hips so that at least one of the user's femur angles is 90° or less, and (iii) allow the user to extend the user's hips so that at least one of the user's femur angles is at least 180°.
An exercise apparatus comprising:
- an upper body support, the upper body support being adapted to support a mass of at least 80 kilograms at a height of at least 25 cm above a surface on which the exercise apparatus rests;
- a foot support, the foot support:
- being adapted to firmly support a mass of at least 80 kilograms at a height of at least 25 cm above a surface on which the exercise apparatus rests;
- being coupled to the upper body support;
- being disposed at least 75 cm, but no more than 150 cm, from the upper body support;
- including a foot plate comprising a substantially planar surface, the substantially planar surface having a surface area of at least 900 cm2 and being adapted to support a mass of 80 kg at a height of at least 30 cm above the surface on which the exercise apparatus rests;
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- an exercise space comprising a three dimensional space, the exercise space (i) being disposed substantially between the upper body support and the foot support, (ii) extending between the upper body support and the foot support along a straight line between the upper body support and the foot support, (iii) extending at least 50 cm in an upward direction from a point on the straight line between the upper body support and the foot support, the point being equidistant between the upper body support and the foot support, and the first direction being substantially perpendicular to the straight line between the upper body support and the foot support, (iii) extending at least 50 cm in a second direction from the point on the straight line between the upper body support and the foot support, the point being equidistant between the upper body support and the foot support, the second direction being substantially opposite the first direction, and (iv) being substantially empty of exercise apparatus components.
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