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Apparatus and method for weight training employing counterweight

US4765611A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 1986
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B21/00058
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A weight training apparatus and method using a primary weight and a secondary weight, said apparatus enabling repeated negative resistance phases of a series of two-phase weight training cycles to be performed using only the primary weight, said apparatus enabling the positive resistance phases of the weight training cycles to be performed with the assistance of the secondary weight acting as a counterweight.

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