Interval fitness training

• US 7,981,002 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2010
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Roche Fitness Ventures LLC
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Roche Fitness Ventures LLC
• Inventors: Roche, Jonathan D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh; Loan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ganesan; Sundhara M
• Application Number:
  US12/652,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20100173750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 482 1- 9, 434/236, 434/238, 434/247, 715/961
• US Class Current: 482/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/00 Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements force-resisting aspects A63B21/00; for particular parts of the body, e.g. to strengthen particular limbs or muscles A63B23/00; electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2214/00 Training methods
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and/or computer program product for developing a physical fitness regimen, including establishing individualized physical fitness parameters based upon individualized information; obtaining physical fitness data from one or more computer database sources; developing a physical fitness regimen based upon the individualized information and the physical fitness data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for developing a physical fitness regimen, comprising;

inputting individualized physical fitness parameters into a computer system based upon fitness data specific to an individual;

inputting into said computer system otherwise non-individualized physical fitness data from one or more computer database sources;

gathering personal physical fitness data from an individual executing or having executed a physical training exercise, and downloading said physical fitness data to said computer system; and

generating an individualized physical fitness interval training regimen, the interval training regimen involving a training event during which there is a shifting back and forth between pushing hard for a period, and then recovering for another period, the interval training regimen being based upon the individualized information and the non-individualized and personal physical fitness data.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the physical fitness regimen is optimized from one or more of the individualized physical fitness parameters, otherwise non-individualized physical fitness data, and personal physical fitness data.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the individualized physical fitness parameters are one or both of baseline goals or intermediately changed goals.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the developing of an individualized physical fitness regiment includes calculating an anaerobic threshold or AT.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein the physical fitness regimen includes a heart-rate based interval training regimen.

6. A method according to claim 5 wherein the physical fitness data gathering includes gathering data using a heart rate monitor adapted to generate heart rate data to be downloaded to the computer system by one or both of manual or automatic processes.

7. A method according to claim 6 wherein the computer system further includes a user interface having at least a display portion, and the display portion includes a display of a workout regimen.

8. A method according to claim 1 wherein the physical fitness data gathering hardware further includes hardware for receiving user input information.

9. A method according to claim 8 wherein the user input information includes information to increase comfort level of the user.