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Computerized system for the design, execution, and tracking of exercise programs

  • US 5,890,997 A
  • Filed: 02/18/1997
  • Issued: 04/06/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An exercise guidance system for guiding an individual through a workout schedule using an adaptive workout routine that includes a series of selected exercises and a progressive series of intermediate performance goals for each of the exercises, each of the progressive series of intermediate performance goals being calculated, for each exercise, based upon the individual'"'"'s current performance of the exercise, a previous intermediate performance goal for the exercise and a selected final performance goal for the exercise using a preselected, but variable, set of calculation parameters, said system comprising:

  • a portable data recorder/display unit havingdata input means for manually entering data into said portable data recorder/display unit representative of an individual'"'"'s current performance of an exercise,recorder memory means capable of storing data for later retrieval,display means capable for displaying data,input/output port means for communicating data between said recorder memory means and an external device, anddata controller means for storing in and retrieving from said recorder memory means data entered from the data input means and displaying from said recorder memory means selected data on said display means, said controller means also capable of sending data stored in said recorder memory means to, and receiving data from, said external device through said input/output port means; and

    a separate base programming unit havingprocessing means, external from said portable data recorder/display unit, having memory means containing a control program and stored data representing, for each of the exercises to be performed by the individual, and individual'"'"'s current performance of the exercise, a preselected initial intermediate performance goal and a final performance goal, a preselected plurality of calculation parameters, said processing means calculating a subsequent intermediate performance goal using said individual'"'"'s current performance of the exercise, a previous intermediate performance goal for the exercise and said final performance goal for the exercise using said plurality of calculation parameters, wherein said processing means communicating said subsequent performance goal to said portable data recorder/display unit for display thereon for guidance of the individual in performing the exercise for each exercise to be performed by the individual, anda docking station unit adapted to mate electrically with said input/output port means of said portable data recorder/display unit for communicating data between said portable data recorder/display unit and said processing means of said base programming unit.

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