SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CUSTOMIZED TRAINING PLANS FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE ENDURANCE ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for creating and printing or displaying to a user an individually customized multi-discipline training plan for improving the physical capability of an athlete in a multi-discipline athletic endurance event comprising the steps of:
- computing a normalized performance value of an individual athlete for each of at least two different disciplines of a multi-discipline athletic endurance event;
generating an electronically or physically printed training plan customized for said athlete correlated to achieving an incremental improvement in said normalized performance values for each of said disciplines within a particular period of time.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving the physical capability of an athlete in a multi-discipline athletic endurance competition including a specially programmed computer implementing the method are provided. The computer generates a normalized performance value of an individual athlete for each of at least two different disciplines of a multi-discipline athletic endurance competition and correlates said normalized performance values to expected competitive performance results for at least one distance of each of said disciplines. An output device operatively connected to the specially programmed computer can further generate an electronically or physically printed exercise program correlated to achieving an incremental improvement in normalized performance values for each of said disciplines within a particular period of time to guide the athlete to improve his/her physical capability.
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39 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating and printing or displaying to a user an individually customized multi-discipline training plan for improving the physical capability of an athlete in a multi-discipline athletic endurance event comprising the steps of:
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computing a normalized performance value of an individual athlete for each of at least two different disciplines of a multi-discipline athletic endurance event; generating an electronically or physically printed training plan customized for said athlete correlated to achieving an incremental improvement in said normalized performance values for each of said disciplines within a particular period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer-implemented method for creating and printing or displaying to a user individually customized multi-discipline training plan for improving the physical capability of an athlete in a multi-discipline athletic endurance competition comprising:
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storing in a computer memory a set of reference performance values correlated to average finishing times for a plurality of well-trained athletes measured when the athletes are performing at substantially maximum effort during one or more of the endurance disciplines that comprise said competition, the scales of said reference performance values for each discipline being normalized to each other so that substantially the same relative athletic performance ability will be represented by the same reference performance values; computing, using a specially programmed computer, a set of individual performance values correlated to an individual athlete'"'"'s performance ability in each of said endurance disciplines, the scales of said individual performance values for each discipline being normalized to each other so that substantially the same relative performance ability of the individual athlete in each discipline as compared to said reference performance value in each discipline will be represented by the same individual performance values; computing an expected competitive performance result in each of said disciplines as a function of said individual performance values and enabling printing and/or displaying said values to a user to guide said athlete in improving his/her physical capability as measured by said individual performance values. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An apparatus for creating and printing or displaying to a user an individually customized multi-discipline training plan for improving the physical capability of an athlete in a multi-discipline athletic endurance event comprising:
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a specially programmed computer including a program resident thereon for generating a normalized performance value of an individual athlete for each of at least two different disciplines of a multi-discipline athletic endurance event, said computer further including a program resident thereon to generate a training plan customized for said athlete correlated to achieving an incremental improvement in said normalized performance values for each of said disciplines within a particular period of time; and an output device operatively connected to said suitably programmed computer for printing or displaying said training plan.
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39. A computer software product comprising at least one recordable medium, the recordable medium having computer instruction codes recorded thereon, the computer instruction codes operable to perform the acts of
computing a normalized performance value of an individual athlete for each of at least two different disciplines of a multi-discipline athletic endurance event; generating an electronically or physically printed training plan customized for said athlete correlated to achieving an incremental improvement in said normalized performance values for each of said disciplines within a particular period of time.
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