Interval fitness training

• US 20060250524A1
• Filed: 05/08/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Roche Fitness Ventures LLC, Jonathan Roche Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Roche Fitness Ventures LLC
• Inventors: Roche, Jonathan D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,641,592 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/581
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/00 Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements force-resisting aspects A63B21/00; for particular parts of the body, e.g. to strengthen particular limbs or muscles A63B23/00; electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2214/00 Training methods
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and/or computer program product for developing a physical fitness regimen, including establishing individualized physical fitness parameters based upon individualized information; obtaining physical fitness data from one or more computer database sources; developing a physical fitness regimen based upon the individualized information and the physical fitness data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for developing a physical fitness regimen, comprising;

establishing individualized physical fitness parameters based upon individualized information;

obtaining physical fitness data from one or more computer database sources;

developing a physical fitness regimen based upon the individualized information and the physical fitness data.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the physical fitness regimen is optimized.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the parameters are one of baseline goals or intermediately changed goals.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the developing includes calculating an AT.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein the developing includes including interval training.

6. A method according to claim 1 further including a user interface having at least a display portion.

7. A method according to claim 6 wherein the display portion includes a display of a workout regimen.

8. A method according to claim 1 further including receiving user input information.

9. A method according to claim 8 wherein the user input information includes information to increase comfort level of the user.

10. A computer program product encoding a computer program for a computer process that executes on a computer system for developing a physical fitness regimen, the computer process comprising:

comprising;

establishing individualized physical fitness parameters based upon individualized information;

obtaining physical fitness data from one or more computer database sources;

developing a physical fitness regimen based upon the individualized information and the physical fitness data.

11. A computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the computer system is one or both of a personal computer and a web-based system.

12. A computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the physical fitness regimen is optimized.

13. A computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the parameters are one of baseline goals or intermediately changed goals.

14. A computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the developing includes calculating an AT.

15. A computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the developing includes including interval training.

16. A computer program product according to claim 10 further including a user interface having at least a display portion.

17. A computer program product according to claim 16 wherein the display portion includes a display of a workout regimen.

18. A computer program product according to claim 17 further including receiving user input information.

19. A computer program product according to claim 18 wherein the user input information includes information to increase the comfort level of the user.

20. A user interface for fitness training including at least one of 1) Workout Schedule;

2) Weight Tracker;

     3) Workout Log;

     4) My Info.