Fitness structure

Abstract

A fitness structure includes a first standing member including a plurality of first guiding grooves located at different heights, a second standing member facing the first standing member and including a plurality of second guiding grooves respectively facing the plurality of first guiding grooves, and a catcher bar including a barbell support part extending in a first direction and an inserting and withdrawing part protruding from both end portions of the barbell support part, and supported by the first standing member and the second standing member as the inserting and withdrawing part is inserted into one of the plurality of first guiding grooves and one of the plurality of second guiding grooves facing each other, in which each of the plurality of first guiding grooves and the second guiding groove includes a horizontal groove guiding the inserting and withdrawing part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from an opening that is an entrance into which the inserting and withdrawing part is inserted, and a vertical groove connected from the horizontal groove and guiding the inserting and withdrawing part toward an accommodation part, and the inserting and withdrawing part has a vertical cross-section at least partially extending in a lengthwise direction of the vertical groove.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a fitness structure, and more particularly, to a fitness structure for weight training.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Recently, as social interest about beauty and health has increased, the number of people that keeps weight training to improve muscle strength and build a balanced body has increased. Weight training improves physical strength by training muscle strength using an object having a weight such as a barbell or a dumbbell. Exercises for weight training include bench press, squats, deadlifts, etc. A fitness club has various types of exercise equipment to do such exercises.[0003]To do a squat motion, which is a weight training exercise, basically, a barbell including a metal bar and disc weights provided at both ends of the metal bar is needed. Unlike this, according to technologies disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0122618 laid open on Nov. 10, 2011 and Korean Patent No. 10-0657716 published on Dec. 14, 2006, the ...

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Benefits of technology

The fitness structure described in this patent allows for easy adjustability of the catcher bar to different users, based on their height. The guiding grooves in the standing member support the catcher bar to prevent it from shaking or rotating. The wide opening at the guiding groove allows for easy insertion of the catcher bar. The structure also has a protection part to prevent injury from the barbell. Users can easily place the barbell on the catcher bar without having to directly contact the front surface of the structure, which simplifies the process and protects the structure from shock.

Problems solved by technology

However, using the fitness equipment having complex functions is inconvenient and muscles may not be uniformly trained because balance muscles and accessory muscles cannot be trained together unlike free weights.

In doing so, since the person working out who performs the squat motion needs to lift the barbell that weighs equally or greater than the person working out, control of the barbell in the repetition of the motion may be lost, which may lead to a safety accident.

For a conventional catcher bar, a person working out may be inconvenienced because changing the position of the catcher bar is not easy.

However, according to a prior art, no fitness equipment has been proposed which facilitates placing a barbell on a support according to one's height when persons having different heights perform a squat motion by using a single barbell support frame.

Also, when a barbell is placed on a support, a finger of a person working out may be hurt if it is squeezed between the barbell and fitness equipment.

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