Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof – Bicycling
Patent
1990-01-03
1992-08-11
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Bicycling
128 25B, A61H 102
Patent
active
051375010
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national phase application of PCT/EP 88/00605 filed 7 Jul. 1988 and based, in turn, upon German National Applications P 37 22 468 filed 8 Jul. 1987, P 37 29 691.4 filed 4 Sep. 1987 and P 38 07 241.6 filed 5 Mar. 1988 under the International Convention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a process for supporting fitness training by means of music, in which the practicing person repeats movement cycles periodically. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out this process.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
During fitness training rhythmic movements are performed inter alia. with arms and/or legs, for example by using cycle ergometers or exercise cycles with devices for arm and/or leg movement, during jogging during and training with rowing machines and the like.
Like running, such devices are suitable for the training of endurance fitness, which is an important for maintaining psychophysical well-being and the preservation of the cardio-vascular system. Good training effects are attained with a workload leading to a heart rate of about 70% of the individual maximal heart rate for a time of roughly 20 to 40 minutes. The perceived feelings of exertion and/or boredom often connected with such forms of training result in a dislike for such training.
The perception of discomfort can be reduced by training in time with rhythmic music. While doing so the practicing person adapts the tempo of each movement cycle to the music tempo in such a way that one movement cycle is accompanied by a definite number of musical beats. During such fitness training with musical accompaniment at a preset tempo, the practicing person has to focus a part of his attention on keeping time and, in case of deviation, has to keep adjusting the movement rhythm. This is necessary to attain fully the relieving pacemaker effect of the music and to reduce unpleasant feelings.
In recent years training with rhythmic music has been successfully used to improve motivation for training in "aerobics". Here the exercising person is able to adapt continuously the energy expenditure to his momentary well-being and performance capability by varying the intensity and extent of his movements. An individual variation of energy expenditure with exercise cycles is (with an unchanged load) possible by changing the pedalling rate. With devices that allow a frequency adjustment independents of workload, variations in rotational speed do not lead to variations in necessary effort, but may be felt as a pleasant change. In any case changing the tempo of movement cycles during training accompanied by music at a preset tempo leads to the beat being lost.
From German Patent Document DE-OS-2949 630 it is known that the speed of playing audiovisual presentations can be changed with the pedalling tempo on an exercise cycle, for instance by the use of a small roller sensor rotated by the flywheel. But with this procedure, it is quite impossible to allocate the beginning of prominent rhythm elements of the music or musical beats to phases of the movement cycles of the practicing person.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a method and an apparatus for improving the motivational support of music in such a way that it is not necessary to concentrate on adjusting the movement rhythm to the musical beats of the music.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With respect to a process the problem is solved in that predetermined position within each movement cycle of at least one body part of the practicing person.
A simultaneous synchronization of visual display devices to the tempo of movement cycles can further improve the motivating effect.
In an example of the invention music is used in a digital form because the synchronization is thus very simple and by the use of a synthesizer the pitch is not influenced by changes of movement tempo on the part of the exercising person. With regard to a device for carrying out the process. The apparatus can comprise pulse genera
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Apley Richard J.
Dubno Herbert
Richman Glenn E.
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