US 5,891,003 A · Exercise device

Abstract

An exercise device for exercising the lower body of a person comprising an elongated spring bar which may or may not be provided with weights at the ends. A protective collar is provided centrally of the bar to permit the user to support the bar on the shoulders or on the back. The user springs up and down between an erected and squat position and the bar oscillates in phase with the user's movements such that in the squat position the bar forms a tension arc with the ends pointed downwardly while storing spring energy. As the user begins his upward movement the rebound of the bar adds initially, additional pressure on the participating muscles after which, as the tension is released and the user moves toward an erect position, the further rebound of the bar will enhance the upward movement.

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Dependent claims

A bioresonance apparatus for exercising the lower body of a person, the apparatus comprising:

an elongated member having a central support portion and a pair of oppositely extending end portions making up the length of the elongated member,
the elongated member being made of a plurality of flexible spring elements extending throughout the length of at least the end portions thereof,
the plurality of spring elements including at least a coil spring element of resilient flexible material extending through at least each of said end portions to form a flexible resilient member capable of bowing and of producing cyclical upwardly and downwardly oriented oscillations of said end portions,
wherein said cyclical oscillations may be synchronized with a cycle of lower body movements of the person exercising, from an erect position to a squat position and back to an erect position, such that the resistance exerted on the person is increased by the downward oscillations and reduced by the upward oscillations for the purpose of achieving an accelerated upward motion by the person.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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