System for monitoring fitness performance
OwnerD'Miles Salmon, David R. Stubbeninventors
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Abstract
A workout system for monitoring fitness and generating a workout summary is disclosed. The system includes a workout module that integrates with weight lifting equipment. The workout module includes one or more motion detectors that detect repetitions and/or tempo of weights lifted or displaced and a computer that logs and stores the repetitions and/or the tempo that weights are lifted or are displaced. The workout module also preferably includes a resistance, a radio frequency, an optical or a magnetic weight sensor or reader that automatically reads and determines values of weights used in the workout. The workout module also preferably includes a radio transmitter to transmit workout data and workout parameters to a remote computing device.
Claims20
A portable system for monitoring fitness comprising a workout module, the workout module comprising:
- a) a computing unit with a micro-processor and memory for running software that analyzes a workout from displacements of a load from weight lifting equipment;
- b) a input unit for entering the load into the computing unit;
- c) a detecting unit with a motion detector that is in electrical communication with the computing unit for counting displacements of the load;
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- d) an output unit for providing a summary of the workout.
A system for monitoring fitness comprising:
- a) a portable control module with a motion detector and computing unit, wherein the motion sensor and computing unit logs and stores displacements of a selected load to provide a workout summary;
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- b) a weight sensing pin in electrical communication with the portable control module for securing to the selected load on weight lifting equipment, wherein the weight sensing pin includes a sensor that reads an indicator corresponding to the selected load and communicates a value of the selected load to the computing unit of the portable control module for computing the workout summary.
A weight lifting system comprising:
- a) a set of weights that are marked with indicators corresponding to selected loads of the set of weights;
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- b) a workout module comprising with a motion detector and computing unit, wherein the motion sensor and computing unit logs and stores displacements of the selected loads to provide workout summarys and a sensor that reads indicators corresponding to selected loads of the set of weights and communicates a value of the selected loads to the computing unit to generate the workout summarys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.