Adjustable Push-Up Apparatus With Movable Handles And Resistance Bands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional push-up apparatuses lack adaptability to varying fitness levels and intensity needs, leading to boredom and limited workout variation for users beyond increasing repetitions.
Innovation Solution
An exercise apparatus with an adjustable elongate planar surface, movable handles, and resistance bands that allow for inclined, declined, and varied grip positions, providing adjustable resistance and support for enhanced muscle targeting and intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If conventional push-up apparatus use static handgrips tailored to targeted muscle groups, then workout intensity is improved, but adaptability to varying fitness levels deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The handles are made movable along transverse slots in the elongate planar surface, allowing users to adjust grip width dynamically. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the apparatus to adapt to different fitness levels and workout preferences while maintaining workout intensity through varied grip positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus incorporates multiple functional elements including movable handles for grip variation, adjustable legs for incline/decline positioning, and resistance bands for additional resistance. This multi-functionality allows a single device to serve multiple workout needs across different fitness levels.
2Power
If conventional push-up apparatus maintain static orientation, then targeted muscle group focus is improved, but workout variety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The legs are designed to be adjustable between extended and retracted positions, enabling dynamic changes in incline and decline orientations. This allows users to switch between different workout varieties targeting various muscle groups while maintaining focused muscle engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus introduces orientation variation as an additional dimension for workout customization. By adjusting the legs to create incline or decline positions, users can add vertical dimension variation to their push-up routine, expanding workout variety beyond horizontal grip variations.
3Productivity
If push-up intensity is increased by adding repetitions, then fitness improvement is achieved, but user engagement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The movable handles along transverse slots provide dynamic grip width adjustment, creating workout variety that maintains user engagement. Users can change grip positions during their routine without adding equipment, making the workout more engaging while continuing to progress fitness levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus enables parameter changes in grip width and body orientation (incline/decline) that create workout variety. These parameter variations provide new stimulation for the muscles while maintaining progressive overload, keeping users engaged as they advance in fitness level.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables customizable and varied push-up exercises that cater to different fitness levels, targeting specific muscle groups and preventing boredom by allowing adjustments in orientation, grip, and resistance, thereby enhancing workout intensity and effectiveness.
Implementation Method 1
A resistance band interconnects the pair of handles for providing a selected resistance to resist a laterally outward displacement of the pair of handles
Implementation Method 2
a shock strut compressively supports the elongate planar surface on the supporting ground surface responsive to a user's performance of a push-up exercise
Data Source
AI summary
An exercise apparatus for performing push-up type exercises includes an elongate planar surface with at least one transverse slot and a pair of handles movably carried in the transverse slot. The pair of handles are adapted for gripping by a user during performance of the push-up type exercise. The handles are interconnected by a resistance band for providing a selected resistance to resist a laterally outward displacement of the pair of handles during a push-up. A pair of adjustable legs support the apparatus in inclined orientation and a declined orientation, relative to a supporting ground surface. The legs may be attached by a pivot and are movable between a stowed position and an upright supporting position.