Total body exercise methods and apparatus
OwnerKenneth W. Stearns, Joseph D. Mareshinventors
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus includes a frame, an arm supporting member, and a leg supporting member. A sensor is connected to the arm supporting member, and/or a resilient member is interconnected between the arm supporting member and either the leg supporting member or the frame. The sensor communicates with a user display and/or a resistance device to indicate the amounts of work performed by the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member, and/or to adjust resistance to movement of the leg supporting member as a function of user force applied against the arm supporting member. The resilient member encourages synchronization of the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member, while allowing some relative movement therebetween.
Claims18
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a frame designed to rest upon a floor surface;
- a leg supporting member;
- an arm supporting member, wherein at least one of the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member is pivotally mounted on the frame;
- a resilient member interconnected between the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member to bias the arm supporting member toward a particular position relative to the leg supporting member, wherein user force may be applied against the arm supporting member to move the arm supporting member out of the particular position relative to the leg supporting member;
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- a sensor is connected to the arm supporting member to measure user force applied against the arm supporting member
- a resistance device connected to the leg supporting member and in communication with the sensor, wherein the resistance device is operable to provide adjustable resistance as a function of user force applied against the arm supporting member.
An exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a frame designed to rest upon a floor surface;
- a leg supporting member;
- an arm supporting member, wherein the arm supporting member is connected to the leg supporting member, and at least one of the arm supporting, member and the leg supporting member is pivotally mounted on the frame and thereby defines a pivot axis;
- an adjustable resistance device connected to the leg supporting member to provide resistance to movement of both the arm supporting member and the leg supporting member;
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- a means for adjusting the resistance to movement of the leg supporting member as a function of user force applied against the arm supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.