Flywheel inertial exercise device

US5242351A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Ernst Berg · Dormagen, DE
• Mats Berg · Örebro, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 1991
• Grant date: Sep 7, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B21/227
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method for training or exercising muscles with the aid of training or exercising equipment and, when appropriate, for determining training conditions. The method is mainly characterized by loading relevant muscles of the training person by increasing or decreasing the rotational energy (E(kin)), kinetic energy, or a rotatably mounted flywheel (1). The invention also relates to equipment for carrying out the method.