Abstract: A golf and other swing training and exercising apparatus including a base platform, a vertical support frame, a rotating swing arm connected between a grip and a resistance source which enables a user to execute a simulated golf or other swing by rotating the arm against the resistance. The structural configuration of the apparatus insures that minimum resistance to the correct swing execution is provided when the swing is executed with the proper body muscle groups and in the proper swing plane.

Abstract: An exercise device and method to strength muscles and develop Chi by pushing a movable stick, in a guide housing (body) about a pivot. Resistance may be added to increase the force required to move the stick member along a path.

Abstract: An exercise rowing machine of which a main shank has thereon a seat slidable relatively thereto, the shank has on its front end two lateral pedals, and has on its front and rear ends respectively two supporting racks, and has therebeneath at its central area a connecting seat pivotally connected with one end of an adapter of which the other end is connected with a buffer, so that the adapter can be waved to and fro by a force. The adapter connects a transverse rod of which two ends respectively pivotally connect two operating rods that each has an upper and a lower section bending inwards one relative to the other for an obtuse angle; the operating rods are provided symmetrically at the two lateral sides of the shank, thereby when the machine is rowed forwards and rearwards, touching of the body of a user can be avoided; and when the machine is folded and collapsed about the shank which is being as a middle line, storing and transporting spaces can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: A weight machine is used for acceleration movement of heavy weights, and jumping and throwing exercises. The weight machine includes a hydraulic cylinder that will retard movement of the weight under gravity, and will permit free movement against the force of gravity.

Abstract: An inflatable exercise belt which is placed around the abdomen and lower back of a user has one inflatable air chamber for the abdomen and two spaced apart inflatable air chambers for the lumbar region of the back. When worn by the user and inflated, the two inflatable chambers exert pressure upon the upper and lower portions of the lumbar vertebrae. The belt also has elastic portions which enable it to better conform to the body of the user.

Abstract: An improved exercise machine is revealed, consisting of an air spring added to standard weight training incline benches. The air spring provides positive resistance to the muscles used to push the weight up the incline. The positive resistance to movement supplied by this device has been shown to increase the strength of fast-twitch muscles when exercising.

Abstract: A portable, stable rope-pulling exercise machine. The machine has a stable support frame, a number of rope pulleys and rope guides mounted on the frame, an endless rope extending around the pulleys and guides to form a path which includes a horizontally extending rope pulling portion, and hydraulic braking assembly coupled to the pulley system for controlling the rate of movement of the rope based upon the strength of the user when said user is pulling the rope. The machine allows a user to pull a rope continuously as in a simulated tug-of-war. The short frame allows the device to be installed anywhere. A seat with a footrest allows a user to gain leverage when exercising with the rope.

Abstract: A portable, stable rope-climbing exercise machine. The machine has a stable support frame, a number of rope pulleys and rope guides mounted on the frame, an endless rope extending around the pulleys and guides to form a path which includes a vertically extending rope climbing portion, and hydraulic braking assembly coupled to the pulley system for controlling the rate of movement of the rope based upon the weight of the user when said user is climbing the rope. The machine allows a user to “climb” a rope continuously. The short frame allows the device to be installed anywhere. A seat with a footrest allows a user to gain leverage when exercising with the rope.

Abstract: A pneumatic pogo stick is comprised of an elongate cylindrical housing which forms a cylinder. The housing is formed from a clear polycarbonate plastic. A top cap is attached to one end of the housing to form the top of an air chamber. A plastic piston, slidable within the cylinder, forms the bottom of the air chamber. An elongate shaft is coupled to the bottom of the piston and is moveable therewith, extending from the distal end of said housing as the piston moves within the cylinder. A bottom bracket assembly is attached to the bottom of the housing and a bushing for maintaining the lateral position of the shaft relative to the housing is attached to the bottom bracket assembly. The bushing prevents the shaft from rotating relative to the housing. User foot supports are also attached to the bottom bracket for supporting the feet of the user and handle bars are attached to the top cap for grasping with the hands of a user.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus for performing power exercises with one or more weights, wherein a weight consists of a reservoir for filling with liquid and/or air. This reservoir, referred to below as weight reservoir, serves as weight resistance for a power exercise and is connected by means of a flexible liquid conduit to a liquid displacing device. This liquid displacing device can carry liquid into the weight reservoir and remove it from the weight reservoir, whereby the weight of the weight reservoir, and thus the resistance of the power exercise, becomes greater or smaller. The operation of this liquid displacing device can be carried out by the user while performing the exercise in order to adjust the weight to his or her wishes without having to interrupt the power exercise for this purpose. The invention can be applied to power exercises with free weights and power exercises wherein the weight reservoir is provided with a conducting device.

Abstract: An adjustable ramped and horizontal stretching bench device for relieving spinal and muscle conditions contributing to lower back pain. The stretching bench has a horizontal forward portion and a ramped rearward portion. The effective overall length of the stretching bench is adjustable to accommodate persons of different lengths and different relationships between body length and leg length. The angle between the forward portion and rearward portion is adjustable from zero degrees to forty-five degrees.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus having a frame with a predetermined reference position, an engagement assembly for use by an operator during exercise, a system for resisting movement of the engagement assembly by the operator during exercise and a mechanism mounting the engagement assembly for selective movement along a path of travel relative to the reference position for purposes of controlling the exercise of the operator positioned relative to the reference position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controllable load apparatus for use in machines for resistive exercise training of the human body. The apparatus comprises a pneumatic cylinder (10) having a piston (12) acting on a fluid and a piston rod (14), the piston/cylinder unit (10, 12) being operated on by a person undergoing training. A pressure accumulator (20) is connected to, and pressurizes the piston/cylinder unit (10, 12) at a predetermined pressure during exercise via a pneumatic control circuit (42). Once a predetermined pressure threshold is reached, a valve means operates to prevent further fluid being available for charging the accumulator (20).

Abstract: The present invention is a piece of exercise equipment designed to train and condition sport-specific muscle groups used during a swinging motion, as in golf. It is comprised of a mechanical linkage, with at least six free-moving joints, so that it effectively simulates a wide variety of golf swings without the need for complex adjustments and provides for smooth and even distribution of resistance to the various muscle groups involved in the swinging motion. It includes a resistance mechanism, such as a pulley system linked to two one-way hydraulic cylinders. This allows a user to simultaneously practice swing form and technique while also strengthening and conditioning the specific muscles needed for the sport.

Abstract: A stepping exerciser includes a pair of foot pedals each having a bent segment disposed on one end and bent relative to the foot pedals and pivotally secured to the base with a pivot shaft, for allowing the foot pedals to be moved up and down relative to the base. The foot pedals each includes a longitudinal axis offset from the pivot shaft, or an included angle is formed between the foot pedals and the bent segments, for increasing the lateral movement of the foot pedals when the foot pedals are moved up and down relative to the base.

Abstract: A pogo stick comprising a handlebar, a grip portion, and a footrest that is collapsible into a small volume for easy transportation and compact storage. The handlebar is provided with at least one elongate telescoping member, the grip portion is provided with removable grips, and the footrest is provided with pivotally mounted plates. The collapsible pogo stick incorporates a pneumatic spring of variable stiffness for accommodating users of different body weights. The pneumatic spring includes a pressure cylinder and a shaft extending out of the cylinder for engagement with the ground. The pneumatic spring includes a self-charging mechanism such that the cylinder may be charged without the use of an external pump.

Abstract: A weight machine is used for acceleration movement of heavy weights, and jumping and throwing exercises. The weight machine includes a hydraulic cylinder that will retard movement of the weight under gravity, and will permit free movement against the force of gravity.

Abstract: A dual treadmill device includes two tread bases each having one end pivotally secured to the seat, and two actuators coupled between the other ends of the tread bases and the seat, and two adjusting devices attached to the actuators, in order to adjust the actuators to different resistive forces respectively and separately. Each of the actuators includes a rotary member, each of the actuating devices includes a driving device, and a coupling device coupled between the driving device and the rotary member of the actuators, in order to rotate the rotary member by the driving device via the coupling device.

Abstract: An exercise machine has a motion arm with a handle with two hand grips and an optional support pad contacted by the forearms, chest, back or side of the user and pivotable 180 degrees up and down and 180 degrees to the sides used by an exerciser in a standing position. Pushing the motion arm and leaning forward in a straight body position stretches the abs, shoulders, arms and back muscles. Pulling the motion arm and leaning back to the straight standing position contracts the abs, shoulders, arms, and back muscles. Legs, hip and butt exercises may preformed by standing at a slight angle and leaning the chest, forearms or back against the optional support pad and bending the legs at the knees or at the ankles. A base may have a fixed or an adjustable by length and angle foot platform. The motion arm is connected to a lower or upper motion arm support by a pivot, roller or slider.

Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a load controller and waist strengthening and rehabilitating apparatus using the same. In the apparatus, a support unit is constructed by assembling all or some of a footrest, a backrest, a pedestal, a handle and related frames. The waist exercises are conducted utilizing a backrest frame operated in conjunction with a load controller with the lower part of his body being fixed to the support unit. The apparatus further comprises lower body holding means mounted on said support unit, said lower body holding means being comprised of a front thigh holder for tightly holding the front portion of the thigh and a rear thigh holder for tightly holding the rear portion of the thigh.

Abstract: A universal system for monitoring activities and motions during exercise and controlling the resistance provided to a user of exercise equipment during the motions. The system having at least one sensor to detect at least one of physical parameter of the exercisers activity such as force, acceleration, and/or direction of user movements. The resistance mechanism provides an adjustable and variable resistance and a dampened response to an exerciser while the sensors monitor the forces and resulting movement of the user interface. The system provides an adjustable resistance system for exercising parts of the body having complex movements over a full range of motion such as the arms, legs, neck, wrist, ankle, and torso. The present invention is also adaptable to existing fitness equipment. The system can also provide effective resistance and damping over the range of motion in free space.

Abstract: This invention is a Self Spotting Safety Bench Press composed of an adjustable bench and uprights located on either side of the bench adjacent the lifters upper body. Lifting arms extend from the uprights into the barbells pathway and have the ability to slide up and down to contact the barbell and decrease the weight exerted on the exerciser. Hydraulic cylinders provide force to each lifting arm, which is depressed below the barbells path before use. When assistance is needed, the exerciser releases a hydraulic restrictor valve causing the arms to ascend removing a user-determined amount of weight from the barbell while permitting the user to continue performing repetitions. A second restrictor valve can allow only upward movement should the exerciser fail. A third flow restrictor valve adjusts the rate of arm travel. An air charged hydraulic accumulator provides the hydraulic pressure to the cylinders.

Abstract: A training method and apparatus for athletes that separates running into vertical and horizontal components. The athlete is positioned on a horizontal component training device in an upright position. The athlete contacts the horizontal component training device at a leg pad, a mid-torso location, and an upper torso location. The athlete sequentially trains for acceleration at least the hip flexor and the hip extensor muscles of each leg supramaximally against the leg pad through a sports specific motion. The athlete also sequentially trains the stretch-shortening cycle of at least the hip flexor and the hip extensor muscles of each leg supramaximally against the leg pad through a sports specific motion to train the stretch shortening component of hip flexion and hip extension. Training for acceleration is preferably against hydraulic resistance and training the stretch-shortening cycle is preferably against isotonic resistance.

Abstract: An exercise machine which includes an elongate frame which forms an enclosure, a resistance assembly located at least partly in the enclosure, a support member for supporting the frame at an inclined position with an upwardly facing front side and a downwardly facing rear side, a seat extending from the front side of the frame at a location at which part of the frame opposes a back of a user seated on the seat, and at least a first actuator which is movable by the user against a first resistance force which is generated by the resistance assembly.

Abstract: A resistance assembly for use in an exercise machine which includes a cylinder and a piston with a hollow piston rod which is slidably engaged with the cylinder. The interiors of the cylinder and the piston rod are pressurised using a compressor to provide a controllable resistance force against which a user can exercise.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for physical strength, agility and endurance training uses fluid jet reaction forces to train and strengthen muscles. The device for physical training includes a source of pressurized fluid connectable through a hose to a propulsion system and one or more apertures or nozzles for forming one or more jets of fluid that are discharged from the propulsion system such that a nozzle reaction force, acting in a direction opposite the direction of the jet stream, is exerted on the jet propulsion system. Fluid can also be delivered through a curved tube or passage in the propulsion system such that a stream of fluid that is discharged from the propulsion system is not traveling in the same direction as it was before it was discharged such that the change in direction of the fluid causes a change in the momentum of the fluid for exerting an additional reaction force on the propulsion system.

Abstract: An exercise device for exercising of the abdominal muscles as well as in exercising the muscles of the upper torso, shoulders and arms while the back of the user is supported, elongated and stretched. The device includes a platform which is elevated at one end from a supporting surface for the device. A seat is located at the one end of the platform and a bowed back support member is disposed on the platform adjacent to the seat. The support member presents a convex curved surface of a longitudinal extent such that the back and head of the user can rest thereon with the user in a backwardly reclining posture. A belt fits around the waist of the user while a resilient or stretchable cord is adapted to engage the arms of the user during movement of the user from the backwardly reclining posture wherein the back of the user rests against the convex curved surface to a sitting position. The cord thus increases the force that must be exerted by the abdominal muscles of the user in carrying out this movement.

Abstract: This invention is a Self Spotting Safety Bench Press composed of an adjustable bench and uprights located on either side of the bench adjacent the lifters upper body. Lifting arms extend from the uprights into the barbells pathway and have the ability to slide up and down to contact the barbell and decrease the weight exerted on the exerciser. Hydraulic cylinders provide force to each lifting arm, which is depressed below the barbells path before use. When assistance is needed, the exerciser releases a hydraulic restrictor valve causing the arms to ascend removing a user-determined amount of weight from the barbell while permitting the user to continue performing repetitions. A second restrictor valve can allow only upward movement should the exerciser fail. A third flow restrictor valve adjusts the rate of arm travel. An air charged hydraulic accumulator provides the hydraulic pressure to the cylinders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controllable load apparatus for use in machines for resistive exercise training of the human body. The apparatus comprises a pneumatic cylinder (10) having a piston (12) acting on a fluid and a piston rod (14), the piston/cylinder unit (10, 12) being operated on by a person undergoing training. A pressure accumulator (20) is connected to, and pressurises the piston/cylinder unit (10, 12) at a predetermined pressure during exercise via a pneumatic control circuit (42). Once a predetermined pressure threshold is reached, a valve means operates to prevent further fluid being available for charging the accumulator (20).

Abstract: An exercise device for stretching the legs of a user with pressure being applied mainly at the inner thighs, including a seat member and a horizontally disposed rail mounted at one end to the seat member and extends forwardly therefrom and terminates with a free end. Near the free end of the rail a reciprocating sleeve engages the rail for horizontal adjustment thereon. A leg supporting member is mounted pivotally at one end to the seat member on opposing sides of the rail and each such member has a free end. A linking arm is pivotally connected on opposite sides of the rail and at one end to the rail, and each such arm is connected at opposite end to the leg supporting member. A leg deck is mounted at about the side of each leg supporting member to retain the leg of the user in a horizontal position. An engagement member is mounted on each leg supporting member mediate the seat and the leg deck, and adaptable to engage the inside of the thigh of the user.

Abstract: An exercise system comprising a main subassembly having a rounded conically shaped tip, a rounded upper surface and a flattened recessed lower surface. The main subassembly has a cantilever beam. The main subassembly has a hinge. Next provided is a lower subassembly. The lower subassembly has a slot with a plurality of recesses. The lower subassembly has a hinge to couple with the hinge of the main subassembly. Next provided is an adjustment subassembly having a dome and a locking pin. The adjustment subassembly allows the user to loosen and lock the dome to thereby alter the resistance to movement. Next provided is a bellows with a nipple. Next provided is a cycle counter and resistance feedback mechanism subassembly with a pneumatic actuator and counter device. Lastly provided is a flexible tube coupling the bellows and the actuator for the transmission of the pneumatic force from the bellows to the actuator.

Abstract: A rehabilitation aid for sexual inefficiency constituted in the following manner can recover a contracting force of a vagina, as a user feels the inserted rehabilitation aid in her vagina.

Abstract: An exercising device includes a seat frame, an oscillation frame, a first resistance device, a support frame, a chest pull mechanism, and a second resistance device. Thus, the exercising device may provide a damping and resisting effect during the reciprocal stroke of operation, thereby efficiently obtaining a body exercising effect successively.

Abstract: A seat bound exercise system provides resistive rotational motion of the ankle to combat potentially fatal problems such as lower leg thrombosis. The system comprises an attachment member with upper and lower ends. The lower end is provided with a bore and extends to a ground surface. A support cylinder with a top end, a bottom end, an inner edge and an outer edge is provided. The bottom end has a coaxial bore allowing rotatable coupling with a bore of the attachment members with a pin. A handle bar, including a cylindrical receiving bar and a cylindrical intermediate portion, is provided next. The receiving bar has a lower portion telescoping over and coupled to the top ends of the support cylinders and upper portion. The intermediate bar telescopes over and is coupled to the receiving bar. Also included is a source of resistance force with piston rods. A foot pedal with a foot receiving portion is provided.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus for applying desired stretch exercises while a user is sitting down on a chair or laying on his back. The exercise apparatus includes a frame, a leg supporting means for fixedly supporting the legs of the user in the frame, and a sole pressing means for pressing the soles of the user in the direction stretching the Achilles tendons. When the legs are fixed by the leg supporting means, the soles of the user are pressed by inflating bags formed in the frame to stretch the Achilles tendons. The user can enjoy desired degrees of stretch exercises as well as massage on his legs.

Abstract: An apparatus for sports training allows an athlete to move an exercise bar freely in two dimensions by connecting the bar between congruent pantograph trusses. The resistance offered to the movements of the user is programmable and may be varied according to predetermined parameters and also as a predetermined function of measured parameters. The apparatus further incorporates means to record the parameters of the exercise.

Abstract: The current invention disclosed a device for directing a concentrated airflow at the user of an air resisted exercise machine. The cowling disclosed in this invention is constructed from either a semi-rigid material or low-porosity fabric and can be removably attached to the cage covering the fan type blades usually associated with such machines. Various means can be used to attach the device to the cage, one means being the use of elastic cords routed through welts. In use, the device of the current invention directs air at the user of the machine. The device is lightweight and portable, and a user can carry the device along for use on machines in a variety of places.

Abstract: A control system is provided for an exercise machine. The control system varies the resistance of the exercise machine. The control system varies the resistance based on voice commands, based on commands programmed by the user, and based on how the user performs an exercise. The exercise machine can include a pneumatic system that can produce constant or variable resistance during on exercise, can include cable exercises, can include exercises utilizing a cam, and can include a cam that can be moved between different operative positions.

Abstract: An exercise device for stretching the legs of a user with pressure being applied mainly at the inner thighs, including a seat member and a horizontally disposed rail mounted at one end to the seat member and extends forwardly therefrom and terminates with a free end. Near the free end of the rail a reciprocating sleeve engages the rail for horizontal adjustment thereon. A leg supporting member is mounted pivotally at one end to the seat member on opposing sides of the rail and each such member has a free end. A linking arm is pivotally connected on opposite sides of the rail and at one end to the rail, and each such arm is connected at opposite end to the leg supporting member. A leg deck is mounted at about the side of each leg supporting member to retain the leg of the user in a horizontal position. An engagement member is mounted on each leg supporting member mediate the seat and the leg deck, and adaptable to engage the inside of the thigh of the user.

Abstract: An overhead exercise system for a complete, low impact, upper body workout emphasizes strengthening and toning the abdominal and oblique muscle groups of the human body. The system simulates an Olympic hammer throw by using adjustable resistance, such as adjustable hydraulic pressure. The system can be used in a number of positions including standing and sitting positions. A rotatably mounted arm having a handle grip is moveable in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. Handle pressure is independently adjustable for clockwise and counterclockwise motion. A seat is adjustable both vertically and horizontally to accommodate the user.

Abstract: A device for insertion into the birth canal of a female user, comprising an asymmetrical, inflatable, bulb defining an outer surface, the bulb sized and shaped so as to define a crease along at least a portion of the surface adapted to be placed in registry with the user's urethra when the bulb is inflated, the bulb further sized and shaped to contact the bulbocavernous facia, pubococcygeal facia and illiococcygeal facia when inflated, and means for inflating and deflating the bulb.

Abstract: A locomotion device, such as a pogo stick, having a housing having a first end portion and a second end portion, a plunger being slideably connected to the housing second end portion, the leaf spring also pivotally attached to the plunger. A method for locomoting using such a device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A balancing device has a base and an inflatable flexible portion wherein the center of the inflatable portion is higher than the edges. The device is used by placing the base on the floor and standing and moving on the bladder.

Abstract: An exercise device comprising a pneumatic hand pump with a valve in the exhaust port. The hand pump is pivotally attached to a folding metal chair or, in an alternate embodiment, to an elongated step board for easy use and storage and provides exercise and muscle toning when pumped against a strong force caused by a nearly closed valve in the exhaust port.

Abstract: A versatile bidirectional isometric exercise device is provided in the form of an inflatable flexible exercise ball (10A-C), about 46 cm (18 inches) in diameter, fitted with a pair of looped handles (12A-B, 30A, 30C), secured to diametrically opposite points of the ball, through which arms or legs can be placed for performing specialized exercises that use the ball (10A-C) in a tension mode. The ball (10A-C) is only partially inflated so as to provide soft compliant accommodation to various body surfaces, and can be utilized bidirectionally, i.e. either in compression or in tension, in conjunction with various body parts such as hands, legs, knees, feet, etc., for a broad array of isometric muscle exercises directed to overall body strengthening, particularly for persons prone to and/or desiring protection from the effects of osteoporosis. A sequence of recommended exercises may be depicted directly on the surface of the ball (10A-C).

Abstract: An exercise device for a person. The exercise device includes mounting straps for mounting on each of two body members on opposite sides of a selected joint of the person, a support member connected to each mounting strap, and a resistance mechanism interconnecting the support members for exercising at least one of the two body members upon repeated moving at least one of the members. The selected joint comprises one of a knee, a hip, an ankle, a wrist, an elbow, and a shoulder. The resistance mechanism includes one of a damper and a pulley with associated rubber bands connected to the oppositely disposed support members.

Abstract: A chest exerciser includes an elongated plunger housing and a pair of plungers that move in sealed sliding contact with the plunger housing on opposite sides of a common air volume within said plunger housing. An adjustable vent, centrally located between the plungers, communicates with the common air volume. Each plunger is attached to a hand grip. The handles slide on and are coaxial with the plunger housing. In the fully retracted position the grip distance between the proximal end of said first plunger hand grip member and the proximal end of said second plunger hand grip member is between 0 and 10 inches. The exerciser is used in combination with a breast enhancement nutrient, such as pueraria mirifica, which may be applied to the breast as a cream or tonic or ingested as an herb or pill.

Abstract: A protective device for a living body part of a user. The device includes a fluid bag adapted to be disposed about the body part. The fluid bag has fluid in its interior. The device includes a fluid sensor connected to the interior which senses pressure of the fluid in the fluid bag. The device includes a fluid supply connected to the fluid sensor which releases fluid into the bag when the sensor senses pressure and the bag reaches a predetermined level.

Abstract: Exercise machine targeting the calf, ankle, and Achilles tendon having a foot tray exercising both feet simultaneously, and a padded frame fitting over the knees. Shock resistance cylinders or stretch bands are attached between the tray and the frame for resistance to foot movement downward during ankle rotation. A two-tray adaptation for exercising each leg individually is also included, which may feature a heel and adjustable toe for different foot lengths.

Abstract: A resistance applying device for use with an exercise apparatus includes a rotatable shaft, a rotatable impeller coupled to the rotatable shaft, a sealed housing surround the rotatable impeller, the sealed housing containing a fluid that provides resistance against the rotation of the impeller, and a barrier located between the rotatable impeller and the housing, the barrier and the rotatable impeller being configured to provide for relative movement between the barrier and the rotatable impeller.