Method and Apparatus for Fitness Exercise

Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, a method and apparatus for fitness exercise, generally comprising an arcuate board and exercise bands is provided for use in combination with routines designed to enhance the results which may be achieved by presently known exercise machines using a compact, portable device that can be used to exercise nearly every muscle in the body and in both strength exercises and stretching exercises.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]None.NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT AND TRADE DRESS[0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. This patent document may show and / or describe matter which is or may become trade dress of the owner. The copyright and trade dress owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by any one of the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright and trade dress rights whatsoever.TECHNICAL FIELD[0003]The present invention relates to a physical fitness and rehabilitation apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a physical fitness and rehabilitation apparatus for improving strength, peripheral nervous system activity, balance, flexibility, and joint stabilization, and to a method for using the same.DISCUSSION OF THE RELATED ART[0004]Strength, flexibility and their relation to the ...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]The present ion advances the art and overcomes the aforementioned problems by providing an oblong arcuate element that permits exercise routines which could not previously be performed without complex exercise equipment and facilities. Preferably, the rocking element is a board or other elongated element preferably large enough for a person to stand on with their legs at least shoulder-width apart while rocking from side to side. The invention also provides corresponding exercise routines in which the user stands on the rocking element and performs a series of movements designed to engage particular muscles, nerves, and tendons providing enhanced core strength and balance while, at the same time, increasing a persons flexibility.

Problems solved by technology

Many of these exercise apparatuses are large and expensive machines which are not easily portable.

Furthermore, they tend to neglect balance, and muscle and ligament flexibility.

Existing boards with rockers are not specifically designed to increase the strength of the core muscles.

Particularly, they do not provide a means whereby the core muscles can be engaged while also engaging the parts of the nervous system which facilitate communication between one side of the cerebral cortex and the other.

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