Lateral training system and method
First Claim
1. A method for sprint exercising a trainee sprinting on the ground away from an apparatus, comprising the acts of:
- (a) providing an apparatus comprising;
(i) a mount;
(ii) a left leg elastic cord having an elastic portion of at least 25 feet in length, and a series of pulleys mounted on said mount with said left leg elastic cord running through said series of pulleys, said left leg elastic cord have an end external to the mount and adapted to be connected to the trainees'"'"' left leg at or below a left knee; and
,(iii) a right leg elastic cord having an elastic portion of at least 25 feet in length, and a second series of pulleys mounted on said mount with said right leg elastic cord running through said second series of pulleys, said right leg elastic cord have an end external to the mount and adapted to be connected to the trainees'"'"' right leg at or below a right knee;
(b) connecting said left leg elastic cord to the trainee'"'"'s left leg;
(c) connecting said right leg elastic cord to the trainee'"'"'s right leg;
(d) the trainee sprinting on the ground away from said mount,(i) wherein each of said left leg elastic cord and right leg elastic cord each separately provide not more than about 60 pounds of lateral resistance when stretched throughout the trainee'"'"'s 10-yard sprint distance ranging from zero to ten yards from said mount, and each separately do not vary in their respective amount of resistance throughout said 10-yard sprint distance by more than plus or minus 10 percent; and
(ii) whereby said left leg elastic cord imparts lateral resistance to the trainees left leg hip flexor muscles while said left leg is moving forward during its swing phase simultaneously with the trainees'"'"' right leg downward drive phase; and
,(iii) whereby said right leg elastic cord imparts lateral resistance to the trainees right leg hip flexor muscles while said right leg is moving forward during its swing phase simultaneously with the trainees'"'"' left leg downward drive phase.
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus and method for applying one or more lateral resistive loads to participants performing complex motions at low or high speeds to condition one'"'"'s body to better and more quickly perform physical movements at high speeds. Elastic members may be used to generate resistance emanating from a ground-based or vertically-positioned apparatus. The elastic members may connect to one or more of the following body parts simultaneously: feet, thighs, waist, hands, elbows or shoulders. The apparatus may be mechanically designed to fully retract the elastic members into the apparatus to maintain resistance while participants are in close proximity to the apparatus. The apparatus may provide a plurality of self-contained elastic members and provides participants with the ability to alter the vertical and horizontal positions of each elastic member'"'"'s emanation point from the apparatus. This provides the ability to control applied resistance vectors between the attachment point on the participant and the apparatus.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for sprint exercising a trainee sprinting on the ground away from an apparatus, comprising the acts of:
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(a) providing an apparatus comprising; (i) a mount; (ii) a left leg elastic cord having an elastic portion of at least 25 feet in length, and a series of pulleys mounted on said mount with said left leg elastic cord running through said series of pulleys, said left leg elastic cord have an end external to the mount and adapted to be connected to the trainees'"'"' left leg at or below a left knee; and
,(iii) a right leg elastic cord having an elastic portion of at least 25 feet in length, and a second series of pulleys mounted on said mount with said right leg elastic cord running through said second series of pulleys, said right leg elastic cord have an end external to the mount and adapted to be connected to the trainees'"'"' right leg at or below a right knee; (b) connecting said left leg elastic cord to the trainee'"'"'s left leg; (c) connecting said right leg elastic cord to the trainee'"'"'s right leg; (d) the trainee sprinting on the ground away from said mount, (i) wherein each of said left leg elastic cord and right leg elastic cord each separately provide not more than about 60 pounds of lateral resistance when stretched throughout the trainee'"'"'s 10-yard sprint distance ranging from zero to ten yards from said mount, and each separately do not vary in their respective amount of resistance throughout said 10-yard sprint distance by more than plus or minus 10 percent; and (ii) whereby said left leg elastic cord imparts lateral resistance to the trainees left leg hip flexor muscles while said left leg is moving forward during its swing phase simultaneously with the trainees'"'"' right leg downward drive phase; and
,(iii) whereby said right leg elastic cord imparts lateral resistance to the trainees right leg hip flexor muscles while said right leg is moving forward during its swing phase simultaneously with the trainees'"'"' left leg downward drive phase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A dynamic physical training system for providing a substantially constant load over an operational range while minimizing inertial loads, the system comprising:
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a portable housing; a plurality of phase loading subsystems attached to the housing, each subsystem comprising; an elastic cord;
the elastic cord having a high resistance/mass ratio;a set of nested cord guides, each of the cord guides fixed translationally with respect each other; an anchor fixed with respect to the housing and connected to an end of the elastic cord; an exit guide; an attachment device, said attachment device connected to another end of the elastic cord and an external object; wherein said elastic cord is threaded from the anchor through the set of cord guides and exits the housing via the exit guide, said elastic cord having a predetermined constant length between the anchor and exit guide when the elastic cord is stretched and wherein the attachment device is external of the housing; said elastic cord is in a first position with a first non zero tension, and the another end of the elastic cord having a second position having a second tension greater than the first non-zero tension; said first and second tensions being substantially constant over the stretched length of the cord between the anchor and a respective position of the attachment device; wherein said elastic cord has an operational range from the first position to the second position, the first tension is within 10% of the second tension, and wherein the operational range is at least 60% of the constant length; wherein the tensions of each of the plurality of phase loading subsystems are independent and wherein the respective attachment devices of each subsystem is configured to connect to a different portion of the trainee. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for dynamic physical training of a trainee, the method comprising:
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loading the trainee during a first phase by encircling a first portion of the trainee with one or more first attachment devices and connecting the one or more first attachment devices to one end of a first phase loading subsystem; loading the trainee during a second phase by encircling a second portion of the trainee with one or more second attachment device to attach the attachment device to the trainee the one or more second attachment devices to one end of a second phase loading subsystem; applying with the respective phase loading subsystems, a substantially constant, acceleration and velocity independent resistive force towards the respective phase loading subsystems over a predetermined operational range; wherein the loading during the respective phases are simultaneous and independent; and
the first, and second phases are coupled with respect to the dynamic physical training and have different dynamic characteristics;providing a movable or slidable pulley assembly for each loading subsystem to permit movement of the origin of training vectors for the resistive force applied to the trainee by the respective subsystem; wherein each of the first and second phase loading subsystem include an elastic cord threaded through three or more pulleys, wherein a location of each of the three or more pulleys are fixed with respect to each other. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method providing a substantially constant load over an operational range while minimizing inertial loads for dynamic physical training of a trainee, the method comprising:
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loading the trainee during a drive phase by attaching one or more first attachment devices to the first portion of the trainee, wherein the one or more first attachment device is connected to one end of a first phase loading subsystem; loading the trainee during a swing phase by attaching one or more second attachment device to a second portion of the trainee, wherein the one or more second attachment device is connected to one end of a second phase loading subsystem; wherein the drive and swing, phase loading subsystems are attached to a mounting frame and each comprise; an elastic cord having one end and another end;
the elastic cord having a high resistance/mass ratio;a set of nested cord guides, each of the cord guides fixed translationally with respect each other; an anchor fixed with respect to the mounting frame and connected to the another end of the elastic cord; an exit guide; wherein said elastic cord is threaded from the anchor through the set of cord guides and exits via the exit guide; wherein said elastic cord has a first position with a first non zero tension, said first position being beyond the exit guide and the elastic cord having a second position having a second tension, wherein a stretched length of the elastic cord between the anchor and the exit guide is a constant length and the stretched length of the elastic cord between the first position and the second position is at least 60% of the constant length; said first and second tensions being substantially constant over the stretched length of the cord between the anchor and the respective position of the one end; wherein the tensions of each of the plurality of phase loading subsystems are independent and wherein the respective attachment devices are configured to connected to a different portion of a trainee.
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27. A module for use by a user in physical training, the module providing a substantially constant load over an operational range, the module comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of walls defining an interior; a first plurality of pulleys having at least two pulleys mounted in the interior of the housing between two of the plurality of walls; a second plurality of pulleys mounted in the interior of the housing, the second plurality of pulleys being spaced apart from said first plurality of pulleys; an anchor mounted to said housing; an exit guide mounted to said housing; an elastic cord having a first end portion mounted to said anchor, a second end portion extending externally from the exit guide and an intermediate portion extending from the anchor and passing through said first and second sets of pulleys to said exit guide; an attachment device mounted to the second end portion of the elastic cord adapted to be connected to the user; and a peg or keyway formed on the housing for supporting the housing on a base or other housing. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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