Twin cuff weight training apparatus
OwnerAlan S. Philipsoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is applicable to the field of weight training. The device described herein comprises of insulated twin manacles that would be placed upon the users ankles and attached to a weighted cable. The user has a wide array of exercises to choose from at this point including hamstrings, abdominal, quadreccepts, etc. The rise of weight to achieve an isotonic contraction has long been recognized to promote proximal musculature in a desired anatomical region. A twin manacle design allows the user to engage both appendages simultaneously allowing for a balance to exist between both limbs. This directly attacks the "dominant/subservient" theory that we can define as one limb or appendage having the ability to over compensate for its weaker counter part.
Claims6
An exercise component for developing anatomical balance between first and second limbs using a source of opposition, said exercise component comprising:
- first cylindrical cuff means for circumscribing the first limb, said first cylindrical cuff means is split in a longitudinal direction;
- first latch means for securing said first cylindrical cuff means with respect to the first limb;
- second cylindrical cuff means for circumscribing the second limb, said second cylindrical cuff means is also split in the longitudinal direction;
- second latch means for securing said second cylindrical cuff means with respect to the second limb;
- attachment means for securing said first and second cylindrical cuff means to the source of opposition;
- and,
- connection means for connecting said first and said second cylindrical cuff means to each other along their lengths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.