Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing fluid resistance
Patent
1997-12-19
2000-01-11
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing fluid resistance
473208, 482114, 482121, 434252, A63B 6900, A63B 6936
Patent
active
06013013&
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a golf exercise apparatus that includes a resistance such that during an exercise emulating a golf swing, muscles of the axial skeleton and lower extremities of a golfer are strengthened. The golf exercise apparatus includes a support base, an axial shaft coulpled to the support base, and means for resisting the muscles of the golfer during the golf swing when the golfer is coupled with the shaft of the exercise apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus preferably provides progressive resistance to the muscles of the golfer during a downswing of the golfer. The support base preferably comprises at least one end having a reverse bevel such that the support base is securable under a closed door by wedging the end having the reverse bevel under the door. Alternatively, a support frame is coupled to the support base by wedging the end having the reverse bevel with the frame. The support base also preferably comprises at least one foot anchor for affixing at least one foot, and preferably two feet of the golfer to the support base. The apparatus is configurable to emulate a stance of the golfer when the golfer has an uneven lie. The present invention further provides a method of strengthening muscles of an axial skeleton of a golfer using means of resisting the muscles during an exercise emulating a golf swing of the golfer including the steps of coupling the golfer to the resistance means and performing successive exercises emulating golf swings against resistance provided by the resistance means to strengthen the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer.
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Apley Richard J.
LaMarca William
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