Apparatus for the control of a training device

An apparatus for controlling a training device, the apparatus comprising:

• the training device configured to absorb a mechanical power applied by a person undertaking physical training, wherein the training device comprises an assistance unit configured to assist the training and/or to make the training more difficult, wherein the training device comprises an exertion measuring apparatus configured to measure mechanical exertion data BD(t) of an effort applied by the person during the training, wherein t is the time,
• a body sensor configured to measure physiological data PD(t) of the body of the person,
• a computing unit in which a mathematical model in the form mPD(t+T) is stored, wherein the computing unit (3) is configured, with an optimization algorithm, to adjust mPD(t+T) and the delay T individually for each person in such a way that mPD(t+T) approaches the measured physiological data PD(t+T), and to prepare a prediction mPD(t+T) of the physiological data PD(t+T) on the basis of the model, and
• a control unit (4) that is configured to provide a predetermined reference variable for the physiological data PD(t), to take the prediction mPD(t+T) as a control variable, and to control an assistance u(t) of the assistance unit (6) as a manipulated variable.