JP4460464B2 - Whole body muscle training equipment - Google Patents

Description

  This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-34240 filed on January 9, 2004: the title of the invention “Whole Body Muscle Training Machine”, the entire text of which is referred to here. Are hereby incorporated by reference.

  The present invention relates to a muscle training device, and more particularly to a training device that can train muscles throughout the body.

  Humans are made up of hundreds of large and small muscles and bones that allow complex joint movements. However, in conventional training machines, the muscles that can be trained with one device are very limited. For example, there is no training device that can simultaneously load and train a muscle that pushes the arm forward and train the muscle that pulls the arm and train the muscle that pulls the arm.

  For this reason, in order to train the muscles of the whole body, various independent devices that perform various independent movements are required. In a typical fitness gym, in order to train the muscles of the whole body, it is necessary to perform 10 types of movements using at least 10 types of machines.

  As an example of a known exercise device, US Pat. No. 6,120,419 discloses a foldable, multi-function exercise device suitable for use in a private home. U.S. Pat. No. 6,602,170 discloses a whole body exercising device comprising a torso exercise device for performing various flexible exercises and exercises for adjusting and training the body. U.S. Pat. No. 4,746,116 discloses a whole body exercise device which is composed of a U-shaped vertical frame structure and a pedal portion, and assists whole body exercises.

  However, these conventional devices still apply load only to a part of the body, and cannot simultaneously apply load to all working parts of the lower joint and muscle from the neck of the human body. Also, no one machine has a simple design and can only apply such a full load using only one sequence of movements.

US Pat. No. 6,120,419 US Pat. No. 6,602,170 U.S. Pat. No. 4,746,116

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a training apparatus that can apply a load simultaneously in all operating directions of the joints of the whole body (below the neck) with one apparatus. Furthermore, more specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a training apparatus that can train all muscles simultaneously by a single series of movements with a simple configuration.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus of the present invention is a device for training a muscle of a user, and from the main body and at least the waist of the user from the main body. A right and left arm that is highly extended, and a right arm that is rotatably mounted around a central axis extending toward the user and has an end extending in a direction away from the central axis. And the left rotating member, and the right and left rotating members attached to the ends of the right and left rotating members so as to be rotatable with the central axis and the axis parallel to each other, and for the user to hold with the right hand and the left hand And the left hand handle, the user grips the handle with his right hand and left hand, and independently rotates the right and left rotating members around the central axis. Upper body Training device is provided which is characterized that it is as a train.

  Here, the rotating member is a disk, and the center portion thereof is rotatably attached to the right and left arms with the surface thereof facing the user side, and the handle portion is It is preferable that it is attached to the circumferential part of the surface of the disk.

  The handle portion includes a handle portion body rotatably attached to an end portion of the rotating member with the central axis and an axis parallel to each other, and the handle portion body being orthogonal to the handle portion body. It is preferable to have a grip portion that is attached so as to be rotatable about an axis and is gripped by the user with the right hand and the left hand.

  Further, the left and right arms are configured to rotate around a vertical axis, and the whole including the rotating member and the handle portion integrally rotates within a range of at least a predetermined angle around the central axis. It is preferable that

  In the training apparatus, it is preferable that the rotation center axis of the right rotation member and the rotation center axis of the left rotation member form an angle of 105 degrees to 130 degrees.

  Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the training device includes a base portion provided on the main body, and the base portion is provided on a base member installed on a floor surface and on the base member. A user support section provided so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis extending toward the user, and configured to put the left and right feet of the user on both end positions sandwiching the vertical axis. The waist can be rotated around the vertical axis.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the device has a rotating plate that is installed on both end positions of the user support portion so as to be interposed between the user's feet and is rotatable about a vertical axis. In this case, the holding member is mounted on the rotating plate and holds the user's foot so as not to slip, and the holding portion includes a column member shaped with a large number of elastic materials, It is desirable that the plurality of column members are configured to be deformed to fit the shape of the foot.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the base member is provided with a regulating member for regulating a rotation angle of the user support portion.

  Other features and effects of the present invention will become apparent from the following embodiments of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a training machine 1 according to the present invention has a main body 2, which has a bottom base portion 3 that extends in a horizontal direction and a length that extends in a vertical direction from one end of the floor base portion 3. And a narrow portion 4. The bottom base portion 3 is provided with a hole 5 for weight reduction, and a bridge 8 for holding a leg board shown in FIG.

  The leg board 7 is an oval rigid plate member, and its central portion is rotatably attached to the bridge portion 8 via a pin or bolt 9. Thus, the leg board 7 can be rotated around the vertical axis while the upper surface thereof is kept horizontal.

  A pair of circular leg plates 11 and 12 for the right foot and the left foot are arranged on both ends of the upper surface of the leg board 7 in accordance with the distance between the feet when the user uses (see FIG. 8). ing. Each leg plate 11, 12 is attached at its center to the leg board 7 by pins or bolts 13, 14 or other methods well known in the industry, so that it can rotate about its vertical axis with its top surface horizontal. It has become.

  Further, substantially elliptical foot plates 16 and 17 are arranged at positions near the circumferential portion of the upper surfaces of the leg plates 11 and 12, respectively. These plates 16, 17 are also mounted on the respective leg plates 11, 12 by pins or bolts 18, 19 or other methods well known in the industry and are likewise rotatable.

  FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are an enlarged top view of the foot plate 16 (17) and a side view having a partial longitudinal section with the foot on. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface of the foot plate 16 has a large number of rubber protrusions 20 provided with cross cuts so as to be easily deformed. As shown in FIG. 4, the protrusions 20 are provided in such a size and number as to deform along the unevenness of the sole of the user's foot.

  With this configuration, as shown in FIG. 8, the user can twist the ankles and feet, bend the knees, and twist the hips with both feet on the foot plates 16 and 17. It can be operated.

  FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the bottom base 3, but a pair of rails 22 and 23 arranged symmetrically are provided. The foot plates 16 and 17 are disposed on the rails 22 and 23, respectively. The foot plates 16 and 17 are mounted on the rails 22 and 23 by connecting means (not shown) so that they can move along the entire length of the rail and rotate in the horizontal direction. Even with such a configuration, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  Next, a configuration corresponding to the upper body of the training apparatus 1 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an arm member 25 having left and right arms 25 a and 25 b extending to the upper body side is attached to the upper end of the elongated portion 4 of the main body 2. This arm member 25 has a lower end 25c extending downwardly inserted into an upper end opening (not shown) of the elongated portion 4 of the main body 2 and is high by a screw type fixing ring indicated by 27 in the figure. It is fixed so that it does not move in the vertical direction. That is, the height of the arm member 25 can be adjusted along the axis of the elongated portion 4. Further, the fixing ring 27 allows the arm member 25 to turn left and right within a range of a predetermined angle, and the direction of the arms 25a and 25b is changed according to the direction of the body. It can be adjusted without changing the relative angle between them.

As shown in FIG. 2, right and left rotating disks 28 and 29 are rotatably attached to the distal ends of the arms 25a and 25b with their rotation axes α and β facing the user side. Yes. In this embodiment, the angle formed by the rotation axes α and β of the left and right rotating disks 28 and 29 is set to 120 degrees. However, the angle formed by the this axis of rotation, by turning the handle 45 provided on the arm member 25, and is adjustable in the range of 105 to 130 degrees in conjunction with a known mechanism to the handle 4 5.

  Also, right-hand and left-hand handle units 30 and 31 are fixed to the circumferential portions of the surfaces of the rotary disks 28 and 29. FIG. 6 is a side view having a partial longitudinal section showing the rotary disk 28 (29) and the handle unit 30 (31) in an enlarged manner. In this embodiment, a dome-shaped holding portion 32 is fixed to the back side of the rotary disk 28, and the tip portion 33 of the arm 25 a (25 b) inserts a shaft portion 34 extending therefrom into the holding portion 32. For example, it is rotatably mounted via bearings 35 and 36. Thus, the rotary disk 28 (29) can be rotated with a small resistance around the rotation axis α (β).

  The handle unit 30 (31) has two movable mechanisms. One is a ring-shaped first rotation mechanism 40 for holding a handle 39 held by a user and rotating the handle 39 about an axis perpendicular to the rotation axis α as indicated by an arrow 41. As shown in a partial cross section, the first rotating mechanism 40 includes a large number of rotating spheres 42 for smoothly rotating in a circumferential shape. On the outer surface of the first rotation mechanism 40, a second portion for holding the portion including the rotation mechanism 40 and the handle 39 is rotatably held as indicated by an arrow 43 around an axis parallel to the rotation axis α. The rotation mechanism 44 is provided. The rotating mechanism 44 has an axial shape, one end on the rotating side is fixed to the outer surface of the first rotating mechanism 40, and the other end on the non-rotating side is fixed to the surface of the rotating disk 28. Thus, the handle unit 30 allows the direction of the handle 39 to be freely changed in accordance with the posture of the user's wrist that changes as the rotary disk 28 rotates.

  According to such a configuration of the rotating disk and the handle unit, it is possible to cope with the operation of turning the arm, the operation of twisting the arm, and the operation of twisting the wrist. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotary disk is configured such that the rotation axis intersects at an angle of 120 degrees, and the horizontal distance between the two handle units is variable. This makes it possible to cope with the operation of opening and closing the arm.

  FIGS. 8A to 8C are schematic diagrams for explaining how to use the training apparatus by the user.

  According to the training apparatus of this embodiment, many exercises are possible. The specific combination, stacking and position angle of the rotatable members allows systematic movement of the wrist, arm, torso (spine), hips (lower back), legs, ankles, including torsional capabilities It is also possible to load the entire working range of the joint under the human neck.

  FIGS. 8A to 8C show an example of a preferable method of using this apparatus.

  FIG. 8A shows an initial start state of the exercise, in which the user holds the left and right handle units 30 and 31 with their hands, pulls the rotary disks 28 and 29, and the handle units 30 and 31 are shown. Hold it with your reverse hand (the palm of the user is facing upward) and bring it close to the user.

Next, the fixing ring 27 is slightly rotated to the left side of the user, and is set to an oblique left position. Both legs are placed on the foot plates 16 and 17 so that the foot opens in the front-rear position and the right foot comes forward as shown in FIG. This configuration is the first posture of the main exercise.

From this state, the left foot on the foot plate 17 is moved forward, and the right foot moves backward while the leg plate 12 and the leg board 7 are rotated (the user moves the leg to the outside or inside circle). Can rotate). The handle units 30 and 31 are grasped by hand, and both arms move in a forward direction in which the rotary disks 28 and 29 rotate forward from an obliquely left position in front of the user. At that time, as shown in FIG. 8B, the hand is twisted from the reverse hand to the forward hand (the user's hand rotates 180 degrees and the back of the hand faces upward).

As shown in FIG. 8 (c), the rotary disks 28 and 29 pass through the same motion trajectory (inertia) to the right front (the handle units 30 and 31 rotate 180 degrees at this point). The palm is again turned upward) and pulled back downward.

The legs then reverse their previous positions and move through the rotation of the leg plates 11 and 12 and the leg board 7 so that the right leg moves forward and the left leg moves backward. Meanwhile, both arms push the rotary disks 28 and 29 from the right oblique direction to the forward direction (at this time, the hand is again twisted from the reverse hand to the position where the palm of the forward hand is down), and movement (inertia) The user is tilted to the left along the trajectory and returns to the position where the hand is closest to the front.

  In this example of motion, the above motion is repeated. This series of movements applies an appropriate load in each direction of the joint under the neck of the whole body (that is, the load of each muscle necessary to move in all such directions). In other words, the whole body muscles can be trained with this series of movements.

  The human body has hundreds of muscles. The joint moves by the contraction of these muscles. In other words, the hands, legs, and torso move due to such contractions. Furthermore, each body movement consists of a set of individual joint movements. Specifically, the contraction and extension of skeletal muscle that binds to bone causes joint movement, resulting in movement.

  Muscles or “flexors” that allow bending, and muscles or “extensors” that straighten are present in each joint. When bending, movement of the joint is achieved from contraction of the flexor muscles, and when extending, contraction of the extensor muscles. Thus, if a load can be applied in all operating directions of such joints, all muscles for moving those joints in all these directions can be trained.

  For the arm, the machine can be loaded for back and forth, opening and closing (right and left), up and down, torsion and all possible movements of the arm joint. In the above motion movement, loads are imposed on the movements of the arms of down → up, up → down, open → close, close → open, back → front, front → back, inward rotation, and outward rotation.

For example, a “push” load is applied when the rotary disks 28 and 29 are pushed upward from the front. At the same time, since the front portions of the rotary disks 28 and 29 are located closer to each other than the rear portions, a load of “closing” is applied to both arms. Instead, when pulling back to the front, a “pull” and “open” load is placed on both arms. The same applies when moving the rotating disks 28, 29 upward and downward.

Also, the rotation of the handle 39 can apply a load for the torsional movement of the arm, thereby forging these torsional muscles that cannot be strengthened by the rotating disks 28 and 29. The machine can also load the waist. In addition, a single movement can strengthen each muscle of all possible arm movements.

  With respect to the legs, when the legs are placed on the foot plates 16 and 17 and the leg plates 11 and 12 and the leg board 7 are rotated horizontally, the front and rear, the opening and closing (left and right) operations occur, and in these directions A load is applied. A torsional load is also applied by the rotation of the leg motion member. Instead, the legs are torsionally loaded when attempting to control such movements.

  Therefore, according to this device, it is possible to apply a load in all operating directions of the leg joint. Unlike exercise bikes, these movements are horizontal and not vertical. However, by training the muscles that move the legs back and forth, it is possible to train all the muscles necessary for the vertical movement of the legs.

  Further, by rotating the leg board 7, the waist can be twisted, and a load can be applied to the waist. In other words, the machine can strengthen the muscles that turn the waist.

For the torso, rotation on the retaining ring 27 places a load on the upper body torsion, thereby training such upper body torsion muscles. In the above motion, the user stands firmly with both legs extended, rotates the rotary disks 28 and 29, and pushes forward from the front of the user to the outside. Next, the user pulls back from the front direction to the forefront of the user's body. This exercise places a load on the torso's back and forth motion and trains the muscles used for such torso motion.

This action also puts a load on the leg movement used to push things. (Rotating only the leg plates 1 1 and 1 2 may not be sufficient to train the ankle joint. Therefore, this action also strengthens the muscles (such as calf muscles) that need such joints. Do). It also puts a load on the pulling or stretching leg movements, such as those used in tug-of-war, and trains leg muscles when pulling things.

Further, as described above, the user can rotate the rotary disks 28 and 29 from both front and right sides and push them upward. Through the inertial motion trajectory, the rotating disks 28 and 29 are then pulled back downward in a diagonally left direction. Next, both arms can be rotated and pushed outward from the left diagonal direction. Using the inertial trajectory, both arms can return to the right diagonal direction.

  This movement causes the torsion of the trunk and the longitudinal movement of the upper body to be loaded simultaneously while rotating the fixing ring 27 in the left-right direction. Therefore, simultaneous movement of muscles for moving the trunk in the lateral direction and the lateral direction is enabled.

Therefore, a series of movements described above, using a single machine, loading the entire variable dynamic direction of all major joints under the body of the neck. That is, a series of actions trains each muscle of the whole body simultaneously.

  It should be noted here that indoor bikes or running machines cannot strengthen leg muscles in all directions. Also, it lacks the effect of linking forces from the legs (with the legs open and strung) to the body and hands. The machine therefore achieves overall superior leg muscle strengthening that cannot be provided by conventional leg training machines.

  Finally, performing whole body training at once means high energy consumption. Therefore, it is also possible to train the cardiopulmonary function simultaneously by the present invention.

  The above description of embodiments of the invention is exemplary and for purposes of illustration and description. The embodiments of the present invention are not intended to be limited to the disclosed forms, and it is apparent that many changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, one or more of the various components may be fixed and / or non-rotatable (eg, the leg board 7) to variously increase or limit the load on the whole body muscle. However, even if the handle units 30 and 31 that can rotate 360 degrees are simple handles, or even if the fixing ring 27 is omitted and the arm member 25 is completely fixed to the main body 2, the main muscles of the whole body It should be noted that the strengthening is achieved.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a stopper 45 may be provided on the bottom base portion 3 to restrict the rotation of the rotating plate 7. According to such a configuration, it is possible to effectively prevent a beginner or the like from rotating his / her lower body too much and hurting his / her lower back.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a muscle training machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top view of the muscle training machine of FIG. FIG. 3 is a top view of a foot plate used in the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side view having a partial cross section on the foot plate illustrated in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a top view showing a bottom base 3 showing another embodiment according to the present invention. 6 is a cross-sectional view having a partial cross section of the arm plate shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a top view showing still another embodiment of the bottom base 3. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a motion motion that is possible according to the present invention.

Claims (9)

A device for training a muscle of a user,
The body,
From this body, at least the right and left arms that extend higher than the user's waist,
A right and left rotating member attached to each of the right and left arms so as to be rotatable around a central axis extending toward the user and having an end extending in a direction away from the central axis,
Right and left hand handles for gripping with the right and left hands of the right and left rotating members, which are rotatably attached with the central axis and the axis parallel to each other. Have
The rotation center axis of the right rotation member and the rotation center axis of the left rotation member form an angle of 105 degrees to 130 degrees,
The user grips the handle portion with the right hand and the left hand, and trains the upper body of the user by independently rotating the right and left rotating members around the central axis. Equipment. The apparatus of claim 1.
The rotating member is a disk, and the center portion thereof is rotatably attached to the right and left arms with the surface thereof facing the user side,
The said handle | steering-wheel part is attached to the circumference part of the said surface of the said disk. The apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The apparatus of claim 1,
The handle portion is
A handle portion main body rotatably attached to an end portion of the rotating member with the central axis and an axis parallel to each other;
An apparatus comprising: a handle portion attached to the handle portion main body so as to be rotatable about an orthogonal axis perpendicular to the axis of the handle portion main body, and gripped by the user with a right hand and a left hand. The apparatus of claim 1.
The right and left arms are configured to rotate integrally around a vertical axis, and the whole including the rotating member and the handle portion rotates within a range of at least a predetermined angle around the central axis. A device characterized by being adapted to do so. The apparatus of claim 1.
Having a base portion provided in the main body;
This base is
A base member installed on the floor;
A user support portion is provided on the base member so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis extending toward the user, and is configured so that the left and right feet of the user can be put on both ends of the vertical axis. And
An apparatus configured to allow a user to rotate his / her waist about the vertical axis. The apparatus of claim 5 .
An apparatus comprising: a rotating plate that is installed on both end positions of the user support portion so as to be interposed between the user's feet and is rotatable about a vertical axis. The apparatus of claim 6 .
A device mounted on the rotating plate and having a holding member for holding the user's foot from slipping. The apparatus of claim 7 .
The holding unit has a column member shaped with a large number of elastic materials, and the plurality of column members are configured to be deformed to fit the shape of a foot. The apparatus of claim 5 .
The base member is provided with a regulating member for regulating a rotation angle of the user support portion.

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