Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Patent
1996-10-09
1997-11-04
Reichard, Lynne A.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
482 57, 482 70, 601 36, A63B 2600
Patent
active
056833300
ABSTRACT:
A sprint training machine including a pair of backward and forward movable pedestals respectively provided with a pedal, an arm and a crank and operable independently from each other; a power engine for shifting the movable pedestals by a predetermined distance; a power transmitting portion; and a load controlling means for controlling a resistive load during a pedaling exercise such that a resistive load is applied to the operator when the pedal is located lower than a horizontal position of the pedal arm while no resistive load is applied to the operator when the pedal is located higher than the horizontal position of the pedal arm.
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Reichard Lynne A.
The University of Tokyo
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