ATHLETE TRAINING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for training an athlete during a training period, comprising:
- a. a digital system programmed to;
i. receive a plurality of inputs regarding a state of the athlete and a training goal for the athlete;
ii. employ an expert system to generate a training prescription for the athlete, wherein the expert system mimics a thought process of an athlete training professional and wherein the prescription includes a listing of training activities to be completed during each of a plurality of training sessions during the training period; and
iii. generate a plurality of control outputs that correspond to the listing of training activities, each control output corresponding to a training activity listed in the prescription and providing an indicating of a training parameter relating to the training activity; and
b. an exercise apparatus that includes at least one activity device, the activity device configured to facilitate the athlete performing a predetermined exercise, the activity device configured to receive the control output from the digital system and to adjust an exercise parameter so as to correspond to the training parameter indicated by the control output, the activity device configured to generate an electronic result output indicative of use by the athlete of the activity device wherein the result output is transmitted to the digital system.
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Abstract
A system for training an athlete during a training period includes a digital system that is programmed to: receive a plurality of inputs regarding a current state of the athlete and a training goal for the athlete; employ an expert system to generate a training prescription for the athlete; and generate a plurality of control outputs that correspond to the listing of training activities. An exercise apparatus includes at least one activity device that is configured to: facilitate the athlete performing a predetermined exercise; receive the control output from the digital system and to adjust an exercise parameter so as to correspond to the training parameter indicated by the control output; and generate an electronic result output indicative of use by the athlete of the activity device wherein the result output is transmitted to the digital system.
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46 Claims
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1. A system for training an athlete during a training period, comprising:
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a. a digital system programmed to; i. receive a plurality of inputs regarding a state of the athlete and a training goal for the athlete; ii. employ an expert system to generate a training prescription for the athlete, wherein the expert system mimics a thought process of an athlete training professional and wherein the prescription includes a listing of training activities to be completed during each of a plurality of training sessions during the training period; and iii. generate a plurality of control outputs that correspond to the listing of training activities, each control output corresponding to a training activity listed in the prescription and providing an indicating of a training parameter relating to the training activity; and b. an exercise apparatus that includes at least one activity device, the activity device configured to facilitate the athlete performing a predetermined exercise, the activity device configured to receive the control output from the digital system and to adjust an exercise parameter so as to correspond to the training parameter indicated by the control output, the activity device configured to generate an electronic result output indicative of use by the athlete of the activity device wherein the result output is transmitted to the digital system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An athletic training station for training an athlete, comprising:
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a. an exercise apparatus configured to facilitate performance of a plurality of exercises by the athlete; b. a vibration platform, configured to generate vibrations of a preselected amplitude and a preselected frequency, disposed in a position relative to the strength training apparatus so that the athlete is subjected to the vibrations when performing the plurality of exercises; and c. a control circuit that is coupled to the strength training apparatus and for the vibration platform and that is configured to set operational parameters for the strength training apparatus and for the vibration platform in response to a predefined stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An exercise system for training an athlete, comprising:
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a. a controllable exercise apparatus that includes at least one exercise function and that is configured to set the exercise function to a selected value within a range of values in response to a control signal; b. a metabolic sensor that is configured to sense a metabolic parameter of the athlete and to generate a metabolic signal representative thereof; c. a processor that is responsive to the metabolic signal and configured to; i. compare the metabolic parameter to a preselected value; ii. modify the control signal so that the selected value of the exercise function will cause the metabolic parameter of the athlete to tend to the preselected value. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A method for training an athlete, operable on a digital system that includes a memory upon which is stored a program, the method comprising the actions of:
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a. querying the athlete regarding at least one goal that the athlete seeks to achieve; b. receiving data indicative of a physical state of the athlete; and c. executing an expert system on the digital system that mimics a thought process employed by an athletic training professional to generate a training prescription, based on the goal and the physical state of the athlete, the prescription setting forth a schedule of when each of a plurality of exercise sessions is to occur and which exercise activities are to occur during each session, the prescription also setting forth a description of a recovery activity that is to occur as a part of each session and a nutritional activity that is to occur after each session. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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