Step exercising system and method
First Claim
1. A step exercising system for choreographing an aerobic step workout comprising:
- a plurality of spaced-apart step surfaces supported above a ground surface by respective step heights that are selected to enable a user to step from the ground surface onto the step surfaces during a step workout, the spaced-apart step surfaces being movable with respect to each other to enable selective variation of the distances separating the step surfaces;
a cuing device for indicating to the user which step surfaces to step on; and
a controller coupled to the cuing device and constructed and arranged to activate the cuing device to indicate to the user an ordered sequence of step surfaces to step on, thereby choreographing an aerobic step workout for the user.
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Abstract
A step exercising system for choreographing an aerobic step workout comprising: step support structure including a plurality of spaced-apart step surfaces supported above a ground surface by respective step heights that are selected to enable a user to step from the ground surface onto the step surfaces during a step workout; a cuing device for indicating to the user which step surfaces to step on; and a controller coupled to the cuing device and constructed and arranged to activate the cuing device to indicate to the user an ordered sequence of step surfaces to step on, thereby choreographing an aerobic step workout for the user. Step exercising methods based upon the above-mentioned step exercising system are also disclosed.
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23 Claims
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1. A step exercising system for choreographing an aerobic step workout comprising:
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a plurality of spaced-apart step surfaces supported above a ground surface by respective step heights that are selected to enable a user to step from the ground surface onto the step surfaces during a step workout, the spaced-apart step surfaces being movable with respect to each other to enable selective variation of the distances separating the step surfaces; a cuing device for indicating to the user which step surfaces to step on; and a controller coupled to the cuing device and constructed and arranged to activate the cuing device to indicate to the user an ordered sequence of step surfaces to step on, thereby choreographing an aerobic step workout for the user. - 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. A method for choreographing an aerobic step workout comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a plurality of spaced-apart step surfaces supported above a ground surface by respective step heights that are selected to enable a user to step from the ground surface onto the step surfaces during a step workout, the spaced-apart step surfaces being movable with respect to each other to enable selective variation of the distances separating the step surfaces; (b) cuing the user with a plurality of cuing derides respectively associated with the spaced-apart step surfaces to indicate which step surfaces to step on; and (c) choreographing an aerobic step workout for the user by cuing with the cuing devices an ordered sequence of step surfaces for the user to step on. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method for choreographing a user'"'"'s aerobic step workout comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a plurality of spaced-apart step surfaces supported above a ground surface by respective step heights that are selected to enable a user to step from the ground surface onto the step surfaces during a step workout, the spaced-apart step surfaces being movable with respect to each other to enable selective variation of the distances separating the step surfaces; (b) cuing the user to step onto one of the step surfaces; (c) cuing the user to sequentially step onto the one or more steps previously stepped on, in the order in which the steps were cued to the user; (d) determining if the step sequence followed by the user corresponds to the cued step sequence; and (e) repeating-steps (b), (c), and (d) until a preselected workout is complete or until the step sequence followed by the user does not correspond to the cued step sequence.
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