Process and device for supporting fitness training by means of music
First Claim
1. A fitness training process which comprises the steps of:
- (a) causing an exercising person in seated position to actuate a member with repetitive movement cycles;
(b) monitoring said repetitive movement cycles by an exercising person by electrically generating signals over the entire course of each cycle and for an entire course of movement cycles of the exercising person and so that each movement cycle is subdivided into discrete sections;
(c) generating music having beats subdividable into small musical sections;
(d) electrically synchronizing said music with and in response to the movement cycles so that a predetermined number of said sections of each beat of the music accompanies each of the successive movement cycles; and
(e) electrically controlling and varying positions within each of said movement cycles at which audible beats of the music begin by controlledly shifting at least one section of each beat to coordinate with a selected section and location in the movement of said member so that a beginning of a beat is assigned to a predetermined position of at least one body part of the exercising person within each movement cycle.
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Abstract
In a process for supporting fitness training by playing music, in which the exercising person repeats movement cycles periodically, the motivating effect of the music in enhanced in that the music is synchronized by and with the movement cycles and uses a rhythm or a rhythmic beat at a predetermined point within the movement cycle of at least one part of the body of the exercising person. A device for implementing this process includes a pulse generator arranged to correspond to the movement phases of the exercising person during a movement cycle, a synchronization unit which further processes the pulses of the pulse generator, and a device for playing music controlled by the synchronization unit.
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11 Claims
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1. A fitness training process which comprises the steps of:
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(a) causing an exercising person in seated position to actuate a member with repetitive movement cycles; (b) monitoring said repetitive movement cycles by an exercising person by electrically generating signals over the entire course of each cycle and for an entire course of movement cycles of the exercising person and so that each movement cycle is subdivided into discrete sections; (c) generating music having beats subdividable into small musical sections; (d) electrically synchronizing said music with and in response to the movement cycles so that a predetermined number of said sections of each beat of the music accompanies each of the successive movement cycles; and (e) electrically controlling and varying positions within each of said movement cycles at which audible beats of the music begin by controlledly shifting at least one section of each beat to coordinate with a selected section and location in the movement of said member so that a beginning of a beat is assigned to a predetermined position of at least one body part of the exercising person within each movement cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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