Dynamic Variable Weight Exercise Device and Method

• US 20080153676A1
• Filed: 05/03/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Howard Krietzman
• Original Assignee: Mark Howard Krietzman
• Inventors: Krietzman, Mark H.
• Application Number:
  US11/744,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20080153676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/93
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 19/00 Hoop exercising apparatus A63B21/0608 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/06 User-manipulated weights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0603 Fluid-like particles, e.g. gun shot or sand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0608 Eccentric weights put into orbital motion by nutating movement of the user

Abstract

A hand held ring exercise device and method of use with an internal channel containing a weighted flowable particulate media. By moving the ring device a user exercises against a flowing mass of particulate within the ring which is subject to continuous change. Variable center of weights allows a user to exercise against different apparent weights.

Claims

1. A method of dynamic variable weight exercise comprising:

a user grasping in a hand a ring with an internal channel containing a weighted flowable particulate media comprising the steps of;

A. swinging the ring along the side of the user'"'"'s body;

B. ungrasping the ring in mid air and spinning the ring and weighted flowable particulate media within towards the user'"'"'s body;

C. catching the ring in mid air; and

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D. grasping the ring and allowing the weighted flowable particulate media, that was relocated during the rotation, to flow.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the user repeats steps A-D.

3. The method of claim 1 the method further comprising the user moving at least one leg forward or back during at least one of steps A-D.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the user ungrasps and catches the ring using different hands.

5. A method of dynamic variable weight exercise the method comprising:

a user grasping in a hand a weighted ring with a channel containing a weighted flowable particulate media;

the user rotates the ring containing the weighted flowable particulate media backwards towards the user'"'"'s body;

the user releases the ring in mid air;

the user allows the ring to rotate in mid air, thereby raising the potential of the weighted flowable particulate media within;

the user catches the ring, after the ring has rotated; and

, while grasping the caught ring the weighted flowable particulate media moves inside the ring to a lower potential.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the user ungrasps and catches the ring with different hands.

7. A method of dynamic variable weight exercise comprising the steps of:

A. a user holds a weighted ring with a closed channel containing a weighted flowable media in each hand;

B. the user swings each ring front to back along the user'"'"'s sides;

C. the user tosses one ring while imparting a rotation to the ring;

D. the user catches the tossed ring and continues to swing the ring as the flowable particulate media within flows;

E. the user tosses the other ring while imparting a rotation to that ring; and

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F. the user catches the other tossed ring and continues to swing that ring as the flowable particulate media within flows.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the user swings the rings out of phase with each other.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the user swings the rings in phase with each other.