Electromagnet Resistance System for Full-Body Muscle Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current muscle development equipment often focuses on specific muscle groups or areas, lacking a comprehensive system for simultaneous and adjustable resistance training across the entire body, which limits effectiveness in muscle building, weight loss, and rehabilitation.
Innovation Solution
The Muscular Integral Development System for Resistance (MIDSYR) utilizes a linear electromagnet to transmit force through cables to multiple body points, allowing users to select intensity, sequence, and duration of exercise sessions, with removable bands and a programmable control system for customizable workouts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional muscle development equipment focuses on specific muscle groups, then the equipment can be simpler and more targeted, but it cannot provide comprehensive full-body muscle development simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the body into multiple muscle groups (torso, upper extremities, lower extremities) and applies segmented cable attachments to each region. This allows independent control and resistance application to different body parts while maintaining a unified system architecture, resolving the contradiction between comprehensive coverage and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The electromagnet-based resistance system serves multiple functions: it can target specific muscle groups individually or activate all body regions simultaneously for full-body training. The universal cable and attachment system enables the same equipment to perform both specialized and comprehensive workouts, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Force
If the resistance system provides high intensity force, then muscle development effectiveness improves, but the equipment becomes more complex and harder to control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical resistance mechanisms (weights, pulleys, springs) with an electromagnet-based magnetic resistance system. This substitution enables precise electronic control of force intensity through current regulation, simplifying the control architecture while delivering high, adjustable resistance forces necessary for effective muscle development.
Solution Approach 2:
The system controls resistance intensity by dynamically changing electrical parameters (current magnitude, polarity, duration) of the electromagnet rather than mechanically adjusting force. This parameter-based control allows smooth, precise adjustment of resistance levels without adding mechanical complexity, enabling high intensity forces to be precisely regulated through software rather than hardware complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system allows adjustable intensity and customizable workouts, then user adaptability improves, but the control system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates a user interface that enables clients to independently program and customize their own workouts by selecting intensity levels, duration, and muscle group focus. This self-service capability allows users to adjust parameters without requiring complex manual intervention from operators, simplifying the control system architecture while maintaining high adaptability. The electromagnet system automatically executes the programmed parameters without requiring complex real-time control mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
MIDSYR provides a comprehensive and effective full-body muscle development experience, suitable for muscle building, weight loss, and rehabilitation, with adjustable intensity and customizable workout options, ensuring simultaneous engagement of all major muscle groups.
Implementation Method 1
MIDSYR has a power source, which in this case is a properly selected electromagnet, which transmits force to ten cables that lead to points of tension in the body of the user
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AI summary
A muscular integral development system for resistance (MIDSYR) to develop or exercise muscles of a body of an user. The system is directed to develop an area of the body or specific muscle group, such as for example the abdominals, pectorals, biceps, buttocks or leg muscles. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an equipment to achieve weight loss, cardiovascular exercise or rehabilitation.