Method and system for guiding a person in physical exercise
First Claim
1. Method for guiding a person to a physiological cumulative state in a physical exercise, in which the exercise hasa physiological target in the form of a physiological state at the end of the exercise,a duration, anda performance parameter,in which method at the start of the exercise the physiological target and the value of the performance parameter are set, and during the exercise at regular intervals:
- at least one quantity proportional to the momentary intensity is measured, andthe present physiological state and an estimate of the physiological state at the end of the exercise are calculated with the aid of the momentary intensity and the exercise performed, andan intensity guidance range for the momentary intensity is defined, in order to reach the target state and the performance parameter, and the user is guided by means of feedback to remain within the said intensity guidance range,characterized in that in the beginning part of the exercise the intensity guidance range is expanded according to a pre-selected function, in order to reduce the variation of the guidance, which pre-selected function reduces the expansion to zero towards the end of the exercise.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for guiding a person to a physiological cumulative state in physical exercise, in which the exercise has a physiological target in the form of a physiological state at the end of the exercise, a duration, and a performance parameter. In the method at the start of the exercise the physiological target is set, as is the value of the performance parameter, and during the exercise at regular intervals: at least one quantity proportional to the momentary intensity is measured, and the present physiological state and an estimate of the physiological state and the end of the exercise are calculated with the aid of the momentary intensity and the exercise performed, and a guidance range for the momentary intensity is defined, in order to reach the target state and the performance parameter. The user is guided by means of feedback to remain within the said guidance intensity range. At the start of the exercise the intensity guidance range is expanded according to a pre-selected function, in order to reguce the variation in the guidance.
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1. Method for guiding a person to a physiological cumulative state in a physical exercise, in which the exercise has
a physiological target in the form of a physiological state at the end of the exercise, a duration, and a performance parameter, in which method at the start of the exercise the physiological target and the value of the performance parameter are set, and during the exercise at regular intervals: -
at least one quantity proportional to the momentary intensity is measured, and the present physiological state and an estimate of the physiological state at the end of the exercise are calculated with the aid of the momentary intensity and the exercise performed, and an intensity guidance range for the momentary intensity is defined, in order to reach the target state and the performance parameter, and the user is guided by means of feedback to remain within the said intensity guidance range, characterized in that in the beginning part of the exercise the intensity guidance range is expanded according to a pre-selected function, in order to reduce the variation of the guidance, which pre-selected function reduces the expansion to zero towards the end of the exercise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. System for guiding a person, with the aid of feedback, to a physiological cumulative target state in a physical exercise, in which the exercise has
a physiological target in the form of a physiological state at the end of the exercise, a duration, and a performance parameter, which system includes means for recording the values of physiological target state and performance parameter, and program means for, at regular intervals: -
measuring at least one quantity proportional to the momentary intensity, and calculating an estimate of the physiological state and performance parameter at the end of the exercise, with the aid of the measured intensity and the performed intensity profile, and defining an intensity guidance range for the momentary intensity, in order to reach the target state and the performance parameter, and means for giving feedback to the user to keep the user within the said intensity guidance range, characterized in that the program means for defining the intensity guidance range also comprise means for expanding the intensity guidance range in the beginning part of the exercise according to a pre-selected function, in order to reduce the variation of the guidance, which pre-selected function is arranged to reduce the expansion to zero towards the end of the exercise. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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