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Exercise training system and method

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-04
ANDERTON PAUL
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is an assessment and improvement process that can tailor exercise activities for an individual. This means that the program can be customized for the specific needs and abilities of each person. This can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of exercise activities for everyone.

Problems solved by technology

Due to physiological differences between trainees, such as those outlined above, the variable options of training schemes, the time it takes to notice results, and various other factors which may impact on the training response of a trainee during training (such as, nutritional variations, sleep patterns, psychological stresses and the like), there is often significant confusion as to how to achieve a desired training effect, and thus which type of training approach to adopt.
Consequently, trainees may employ a protocol (such as a training program) that is not optimised for their physiology, or at least not tailored for, their desired objectives, or other circumstances.
Another difficulty with existing “generic” training protocols is that they may have prescribed set, rep, and recovery schemes which ignore the physiological differences between people.
Because of this, any “fixed” training “scheme” may only be suitable for a small percentage of the population, and indeed only suited for a period of time until the trainee adapts to that scheme, or reaches a different “stage” in their life either due to their training progression, age, health, or living conditions.

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example 1

[0202]A subject completed a bench press exercise activity with exercise parameters as listed in table 1 over a total exercise activity duration of 510 seconds.

TABLE 1Drop ExecutionPrimary SetProfile Set(wt · R)(wt · R) (EP)110 × 60 101028 × 70101037 × 70101049 × 605 × 501010510 × 50 6 × 401110

[0203]The exercise activity was performed as a bench press in which no component of subject's bodyweight was lifted. In this case, the actual weight loaded was the weight lifted (including the bar), and the total work volume was determined as:

W=10×60+8×70+7×70+9×60+5×50+10×50+6×40=3,180 kg-reps

[0204]Since the execution profile for sets 1 to 4 of the exercise activity was 1010 and the load profile for bench was 1110 (with elbow lockout), the TUT for sets 1 to 4 was determined as:

TUT=t1·di+t2·d2+t3·d3+t4·d4

TUT=1.1+0.1+1.1+0.1[0205]TUT=2 seconds per repetition

[0206]For set 5, the TUT was determined as:[0207]TUT=3 seconds per repetition

[0208]The stress (S) was determined as:

S=∑s=1nRs·wts·TUTSS=10×...

example 2

[0221]A subject completed a bench press exercise activity with exercise parameters as listed in table 2 over an activity duration of 600 seconds.

TABLE 2drop Setprimaryset1EPLPTUTSet 114 × 50101011102Set 210 × 55101011102Set 3 9 × 55101011102Set 4 9 × 555 × 40101011102Set 510 × 50 4 × 40111011103

[0222]The following assessment parameters were then determined using the process described with reference to Example 1, which for clarity omits other assessment parameters such as the no. of sets, drop sets, max weight, avg weight per rep, total reps, and avg reps per set.

WSWiSiHf3,1807,1006.2413.9244,271

[0223]The assessment parameter values determined in Example 2 were then compared with the corresponding values determined for Example 1 as follows:

ParameterExample 1Example 2Hf44,27135,443Si13.9211.43Wi6.245.17W3,1803,100

[0224]The comparison indicated that the exercise activity described in Example 1 was more effective than the exercise activity described in Example 2 in terms of stressing th...

example 3

[0232]Exercise Activity: Incline bench[0233]7 sets×15 reps×50 kg, TUT 3 s / rep Rest 86 s / set

[0234]Alternative exercise activity instructions recommended by system:[0235]10 sets×6 reps×85 kg; TUT 2 s / rep, Rest 50 s / set

[0236]Both of the above exercise activities equate to the same hypertrophy factor Hf (that is, Stress intensity×Work volume). However, in this case the system has identified an alternative target for the subject than the traditional “maximum weight” or “max weight for 8 to 12 reps”. By using the present invention, the subject may identify exercise activity combinations which improve the likelihood of the subject achieving the target work capacity, stress intensity and hypertrophy factor that the system determines for him / her.

[0237]In order to achieve this new target, the subject may train with varying parameters determined and / or predicted by the system and designed to ultimately develop the aspects of the muscle to achieve that performance, that is, a combination of str...

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Abstract

A method of analysing a resistance exercise activity executed by a subject is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes: receiving a plurality of exercise parameter values for the executed exercise activity into a processing device, the plurality of exercise parameter values including information representing an execution profile (EP) for the executed exercise activity; accessing a store of information to retrieve information representing a load profile (LP) for the executed exercise activity; and processing the plurality of exercise parameter values and the information representing the load profile to determine one or more assessment parameter values for assessing the executed exercise activity.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to exercise training for skeletal muscle growth. In a typical application an embodiment of the present invention may find application in an exercise training programme, such as a resistance training program.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Resistance training is the practice of placing a subject's skeletal muscles under load, typically via eccentric and concentric contractions of a prescribed movement for a number of consecutive repetitions (“reps”) which may be repeated several times (“sets”) with a rest between each set. In some forms of resistance training, the aim of the training is to elicit an increase in muscle size or strength or both.[0003]Generally speaking, conventional training methods employ variations of the set / repetition schemes and / or variations of contraction profiles (exercise execution) to stimulate (stress) a muscle or muscles and generate a response in the muscle or muscles worked by the exercise, with s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B24/00G16H20/30
CPCA63B2024/0065A63B24/0062A61B5/103G09B19/0038G16H20/30
Inventor ANDERTON, PAUL
Owner ANDERTON PAUL