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Functional training device

a training device and functional technology, applied in the field of functional fitness training devices, can solve the problems of unstable weight inside the body, and unstable weight inside the body, and achieve the effect of increasing the functionality of the devi

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-09-11
MOBIUS ENTERPRISES
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The present invention is a fitness device that uses unstable weight to create instability during multi-planar movements, improving its functionality. The device consists of an elliptical body with a port for adding fluid weight inside. The weight is unstable, which increases the device's ability to help users improve their own typing, running, and other physical activities. The method also includes using the instability of weight to improve proprioception and physical health by moving the device through multi-planar movements.

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The weight inside the body is unstable and creates instability at the point resistance of a user.
The weight inside the body is unstable and creates instability at the point of resistance of a user.

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[0013]Functional training is an approach to health and fitness achieved through training the body for targeted activities and tasks. These tasks may be necessary activities performed in daily life or focused activities for improving skill and agility in a particular sport. Unstable resistance training comprises an essential component of many functional training programs. Studies show that resistance exercises increase strength of both targeted muscle groups and overall musculature along the entire kinetic chain, which in turn increases efficiency and power of bodily movements. Functional training maximizes human performance in the context of daily activities and focuses on the characteristics that maximize performance, power, agility, proprioception, neuromuscular coordination, cardiovascular conditioning and athletic skill.

[0014]Although functional training applies across a broad spectrum of activities, it originates in physical rehabilitation. Physical therapists employ concepts o...

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Abstract

A versatile, functional training device of substantially elliptical shape and comprising a fluid weight that employs principles of unstable resistance as a means of increasing balance, stability, overall strength, core strength and proprioception while increasing lean muscle mass and burning calories. During operation, a user moves the device through a regimen of individualized movements, and the fluid weight moves and shifts inside the device, creating a instability at a point of resistance. The device comprises D-shaped handles with finger grooves adapted for maneuverability. The handles also may be filled with fluid to increase the weight and adaptability of the device across multiple activities and physical regimens. Measuring scales are provided on the device to measure the amount of fluid added to or removed from the device. The device may be transparent or translucent, and the fluid weight may be tinted to aid in visibility.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to functional fitness training devices and, more particularly, to fitness devices that focus on the principal of unstable resistance as a means of increasing balance, stability, overall strength, core strength and proprioception while increasing lean muscle mass and burning calories. A method of improving proprioception and physical health also is provided.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention is directed to a functional fitness device comprising a substantially elliptical body and a port associated with the body for receiving a fluid weight inside the body, wherein the fluid weight inside the body is unstable and creates instability at the point of resistance during multi-planar movements and increases the functionality of the device.[0003]The present invention further is directed to a method of improving proprioception and physical health. The method comprises the step of utilizing the inst...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B21/06
CPCA63B21/0618A63B69/0053A63B21/072A63B2071/0694A63B21/0603A63B21/075A63B21/0602A63B21/06A63B21/0601A63B21/0608A63B21/4035A63B21/4043
Inventor HOLT, IV, JOHNANDERSON, GARRY E.ROBINSON, BRENTON
Owner MOBIUS ENTERPRISES
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