Core trainer
OwnerEugene M. Wolfinventor
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Abstract
A core training apparatus for the golf swing. A semicircular member is coupled with a support member, and a resistance member is connected to one of the coupling points. The resistance member is secured to a fixed point, and the user rotates the apparatus back and forth with the user standing at the center rotational axis of the semicircular member, with the resistance member being guided along the semicircular member. The back-and-forth rotation acts to increase and decrease tension on the resistance member thereby exercising the core of the user.
Claims22
A training apparatus, comprising:
- a first member having a substantially semicircular shape with an outward-facing portion, a leading end and a following end;
- a second member coupled between the leading end and the following end of the first member and adapted, in use, to extend across shoulders and neck of a user behind the user neck with the first member held up in front of the user;
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- an attachment point at the leading end;
- whereupon attaching a resistance member between the attachment point and a fixed point adjacent the training apparatus located at an approximate chest height of the user, the training apparatus is configured to rotate back and forth at the approximate chest height about a center rotational axis of the first member with the user's shoulders while the user's feet remain in a fixed position such that the resistance member rides back and forth on the outside-facing portion to increase and decrease tension on the resistance member to create resistance to core muscles of the user.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a semicircular member having a first end and a second end, the semicircular member sized for rotation about a user standing at a center rotational axis of the semicircular member;
- a support member coupled between the first end and the second end of the first member, the support member adapted to rest laterally across shoulders and neck of the user with the semicircular member held in front of the user;
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- a resistance member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the resistance member affixed to the first end of the first member;
- whereupon attaching the second end of the resistance member to a fixed point adjacent the apparatus located at an approximate shoulder height of the user, the apparatus being configured to rotate back and forth at the approximate chest height about the center rotational axis of the first member with the user's shoulders while the user's feet remain in a fixed position such that the resistance member is guided back and forth along the semicircular member during rotation to create resistance to core muscles of the user.
The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the guide path is a plurality of rings arranged along the substantially flat surface.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a semicircular member having a first end and a second end, the semicircular member sized for rotation about a user standing at a center rotational axis of the semicircular member;
- a support member coupled between the first end and the second end of the first member, the support member adapted to rest laterally across shoulders and neck of the user with the semicircular member held in front of the user;
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- a resistance member comprising a rope having a first end secured to the first end of the first member and a second end secured to a counterweight, the rope being slidably secured over a pulley attached to a fixed point adjacent the apparatus located at an approximate shoulder height, of the user, the apparatus being configured to rotate back and forth at the approximate chest height about the center rotational axis of the first member with the user's shoulders while the user's feet remain in a fixed position such that the resistance member rides back and forth along the semicircular member during rotation to create resistance to core muscles of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.