Dry-training apparatus for simulating crawl swimming movements

A dry-training apparatus for simulating crawl swimming movements, comprising:

• deflection rollers;
• a braking device for said deflection rollers, said braking device having a braking belt wrapped around one of said deflection rollers;
• an endless traction member guided over said deflection rollers, said traction member having an endless belt of hard elastic material with a surface, a lower strand, and an upper strand that can deflect elastically toward said lower strand;
• a supporting element disposed above said traction member;
• a frame on which said supporting element is angularly adjustable in longitudinal direction and adjustable in height;
• an adjustable tensioning device securing said braking belt to said frame;
• and
• at least three handles firmly joined to said surface of said endless belt for moving said traction member in alternation by two hands of a user located on said supporting element, said handles disposed at a mutual spacing causing a resting and synchronizing phase to necessarily ensue between two exertions of force on successive handles, in which phase said traction member moves onward solely by its moment of inertia.

A training apparatus for simulating movements made while participating in sports, comprising:

• deflection rollers;
• a braking device for said deflection rollers;
• an endless traction member guided over said deflection rollers, said traction member having an endless belt of hard elastic material with a surface, a lower strand, and an upper strand that can deflect elastically toward said lower strand;
• a supporting element disposed above said traction member;
• and
• at least three handles firmly joined to said surface of said endless belt for moving said traction member in alternation by two hands of a user located on said supporting element,
• said handles disposed at a mutual spacing causing a resting and synchronizing phase to necessarily ensue between two exertions of force on successive handles, in which phase said traction member moves onward solely by its moment of inertia, and the force exerted by the hand of the user on said revolving belt causing said revolving belt formed of said elastic material to follow along a curved path that corresponds to a motion of the hand doing a crawl swimming stroke in water.