Gluteal Exercise Equipment with Guided Downward-Backward Motion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional gluteal muscle exercises often require balance and can strain the back, posing a risk of injury and undesirable posture, and existing devices do not effectively guide leg movement in a desirable path.
Innovation Solution
An exercise apparatus with a mobile foot plate and stationary foot plates, coupled with adjustable weights via a cable, guides leg movement downward and backward, allowing exercises to be performed with upper body support to reduce balance strain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional gluteal exercises (hip thrusts, step-ups, Bulgarian split squats) are performed, then gluteal muscles can be worked, but balance is required and back strain occurs leading to injury risk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a specialized exercise device as an intermediary between the user and the exercise movement. The device includes a mobile foot plate coupled to an arm that guides leg movement, stationary foot plates for support, and handles for upper body support. This intermediary structure provides the necessary guidance and support to perform gluteal exercises without requiring balance or risking back strain.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of the exercise by providing a predefined movement path through the mechanical structure of the device. The arm guides the mobile foot plate along a specific trajectory that ensures proper form and reduces strain on the back, thereby changing the exercise parameters from unguided traditional movements to controlled guided movements.
2Strength
If traditional gluteal exercises are performed, then gluteal muscles can be strengthened, but undesirable posture occurs during exercise
Solution Approach 1:
The device acts as an intermediary that enforces proper posture through its mechanical structure. The stationary foot plates provide stable support for the non-mobile leg, the handles support the upper body in a biometrically desirable position, and the arm with mobile foot plate guides the exercising leg through the correct movement path, thereby maintaining desirable posture throughout the exercise.
Solution Approach 2:
The device changes the posture parameters by mechanically constraining the user's body position. The structure ensures the upper body and non-mobile leg are supported in biometrically desirable positions, and the guided path of the mobile foot plate ensures the exercising leg moves through the correct range of motion, thereby maintaining proper posture.
3Ease of operation
If existing exercise devices are used, then exercise can be performed with support, but leg movement is not guided in a desirable path
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses the arm as an intermediary mechanical element that directly guides the mobile foot plate along a predefined path. This arm structure is specifically designed to constrain and guide the leg movement through the desired trajectory, ensuring both ease of operation with support and precision in the movement path.
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AI summary
A machine, apparatus, and method for targeting the gluteal muscles. The exercise system includes a stationary left foot plate, a stationary right foot plate, and a mobile foot plate. The mobile foot plate is coupled to an arm and is configured to travel down and backward when pressed by a user's foot. An adjustable weight set is attached to the mobile foot plate and provides adjustable resistance when exercising. To exercise the gluteal muscles, the person stands with left or right foot on the corresponding stationary foot plate and places the other foot on the mobile foot plate. The person then drives the active foot downward and backward, then returns to the original resting position, thereby contracting and relaxing the gluteal muscles.