Exercise apparatus, system, and method

An exercise machine having multiple training activities comprising:

• each training activity of the multiple training activities includes individual adjustments for each adjustable component of the exercise apparatus that is a non-repeating combination, when compared to each other training activity combination of adjustments for each adjustable component of the exercise apparatus of the multiple training activities, wherein the adjustable components of the exercise apparatus include:
• a board with a front, a back, and a top sliding surface from first and second opposing side ends;
• bumpers with shock-absorbing systems are adjustably attached to locations on the top sliding surface on the first and the second opposing side ends that include a variable length between the bumpers and variable push-off angles;
• a counterforce and guiding system provides an amount of counterbalancing force corresponding to an amount of force by an amount of a user lean force during a sliding motion between one bumper to an opposing bumper on the top sliding surface,
• while simultaneously providing an amount of a guiding force from at least one harness worn by the user that is not affixed statically, to allow a user's motion to freely glide on a path of motion of the guideline and guided with an amount of force to overcome an amount of a user motion to correspond to a user imposed path of motion on the top sliding surface as the user slides between the one bumper to the opposing bumper,
• wherein each training activity corresponds to an optimized activity strategy plan, having the non-repeating combination of individual adjustments for each adjustable component of the exercise apparatus which is based on a biomechanical optimization of the exercise apparatus for each training activity, that provides a guiding effect to guide the user to perform each training activity with a dynamic balance having a posture and motion, and an amount of bodily lean while performing the training activity on the sliding surface, resulting in the user simulating, a body dynamic of a naturally occurring posture and motion of a human's body optimized for performing the training activity.

A method for an exercise machine comprising:

• adjustably attaching bumpers with shock-absorbing systems on a top sliding surface on first and second opposing side ends of a board, where the bumpers fixed location are at a variable length between the bumpers and variable push-off angles;
• determining each bumper's fixed location, each bumper's variable push-off angle, and the variable length between the bumpers based on a user-selected path of motion that is determined from characteristics of a user, and a user-selected training activity and a user-selected exercise;
• applying the user-selected path of motion configuration to a counterforce and guiding system to provide an amount of counterbalancing force corresponding to an amount of force by an amount of a user lean force during a sliding motion between one bumper to an opposing bumper on the top sliding surface, that simultaneously provides an amount of a guiding force from at least one harness worn by the user that is not affixed statically, to allow a user's motion to freely glide on a path of motion of the guideline and guided with an amount of force to overcome an amount of a user motion to correspond to the user-selected path of motion on the top sliding surface as the user slides between the one bumper to the opposing bumper,
• resulting in the combination of the adjustability of the bumpers and effects of the guiding forces from the counterforce and guiding system resulting in the user simulating a body dynamic of a naturally occurring posture and motion of a human's body optimized for performing an optimized path of motion that corresponds to the user-selected path of motion while preventing the user from traveling off the board resulting in an injury.