An exercise grip is disclosed. The exercise grip includes a protective portion and a wrist strap connected to a wrist end of the protective portion. The protective portion has a finger end in which three or four finger holes are defined. The protective portion also has a palm portion that extends from the finger holes to the wrist end. The protective portion varies in width from the wrist end to the finger end. The protective portion can be formed to cover an ulnar portion of a wrist when placed on a hand.

The present device is designed for training of highly-qualified athletes in cyclic sports. The technical result is the more reliable transfer of power from a drive to a working mechanism with the possibility of smoothing out ultrashort fluctuations (0.3-0.7 seconds) in force. The athlete training device comprises two bases, each having a pulley attached thereto for rotation in a single plane. An annular cable track is fastened between the pulleys. With the aid of a motor, a rotation rate is transmitted to one of the pulleys via a shaft. The shaft, which consists of a driving part and a driven part, has mounted thereon an adjustable transmission for controlling torque. The adjustable transmission is in the form of an electromagnetic powder clutch, consisting of a driving part, connected to the driving part of the shaft, and a driven part, connected to the driven part of the shaft. The driven part of the clutch is mounted with clearance in a coaxial cavity in the driving part, the clearance gap between the driving part and the driven part of the clutch containing a ferromagnetic powder having viscosity adjusted by a clutch controller.

A resistance harness that allows 360 of resistance around the body and in any plane of motion (sagittal, transverse, frontal, oblique). The strap design allows rings to slide from anterior to posterior or medial to lateral. The rings enable concentric, eccentric, or isometric resistance. This sliding ability allows for resistance to be constant in one direction or changeable. As the ring slides under tension, the muscular recruitment needed to resist will change as the force angle of the ring slides and changes position around the body.

A muscle training method includes the following steps that are repeated alternately to perform training of a muscle of a user: a pressuring and exercise step (S30, S50, S70, S90) of winding a belt around at least one of four limbs of the user and applying specific pressure thereto so as to restrict blood circulation of the muscle of the user without stopping the blood circulation, and asking the user to perform load-applied exercise to apply load of specific weight to the muscle of the user; and an exercise stopping step (S40, S60, S80, S100) of asking the user to stop the load-applied exercise while continuously applying the specific pressure to the user. The specific weight is set at a value smaller than maximum weight necessary for the user to exert maximum muscle force.

The present disclosure relates to an exercise device having two tubular members and a tension member coupled thereto, the tubular members designed to be pulled away from each other, and whereby the exercise device is also capable of being attached to one or more resistance bands. Also described herein is an exercise device comprising a pair of tubular members coupled to each other by at least two limit members, wherein an elastic tension member is routed through a bore within each of the tubular members, and wherein the exercise device further comprises an adjustment member positioned at an outer end of each tubular member, each adjustment member including a wire having at least one protuberance, the wire of each adjustment member fixedly coupled to an end of the elastic tension member.

A fitness device comprises a waist belt configured to fit around a user's waist and at least one resilient leg loop member. The resilient leg loop member has a proximal end movably anchored to the waist belt at a posterior position. The resilient leg loop member has an opposite distal end configured for coupling with one of the user's feet. The fitness device causes a predetermined resistance force to be generated against the user's movement when the user extends the leg loop member beyond its length at rest. In some embodiments, two resilient leg loop members are provided. Methods of using the exercise device are also described.

A foot support assembly for an exercise machine may be configured for sing-hand operation (e.g., cinching or releasing of the foot strap). The foot support assembly may include a footplate coupled to the frame of the exercise machine and configured to support the user's foot during exercise and a strap coupled to the footplate and configured to resist separation of the user's foot from the footplate. The strap is operatively associated with a quick release ratchet mechanism, which is configured to be unlocked simply by pressing a lever of the ratchet to allow the ratchet strip to reverse, releasing the user's foot from the strap. The foot support assembly may be provided on each side of the seat rail of a rowing machine, which may alternatively or additionally include a multi-grip handle including a plurality of grip portions configured to position the user's hand at different orientations to one another.

A wearable device and system has been developed to provide feedback to help users be able to engage specific muscle groups on cue, effectively exercise said muscle groups, and learn to engage said muscle groups before and through movements. Algorithms for identifying relaxed-to-engaged and engaged-to-relaxed transitions may be important for providing a positive user experience. The wearable device and system may be used for training effective use of the core and other muscles. A myokinesiometer is described to display target muscle engagement and body movement data simultaneously. The myokinesiometer facilitates specifying tests for protected and unprotected movement analyses.

An attachment is provided that may be used to convert exercise equipment typically used in gyms to equipment that may be used by persons in wheelchairs. The attachment generally includes an upper frame member and a lower frame member, each of which are selectively engageable with the existing equipment. The upper frame member provides an adjustable back pad that can be used with an adjustable belt to stabilize the exerciser's upper body when using the equipment. The lower frame member includes wheel locks to stabilize the wheelchair after it has been rolled into the lower frame member. It may further include fork members to secure handles and cables of the existing machine to make them more accessible for the wheelchair user. A lap belt of the lower frame member may allow a user to stabilize his or her lower body relative to the wheelchair when using the equipment.

A multi-position stabilizing and strengthening apparatus for use in exercising different target joints is provided. The apparatus includes: a height-adjustable base and a first assembly including a track mounted to a portion of the base defining a movement pattern. The apparatus also includes a second assembly slidably mounted to the track to permit motion of the second assembly relative to the first assembly according to the movement pattern along the track and a third assembly including a tray sized to receive a portion of a limb and/or joint of a patient. The third assembly is rotatably mounted to the second assembly to permit relative in-plane rotational motion of the third assembly relative to the second assembly. The apparatus also includes a brace assembly fixedly mounted to the tray to receive portions of the patient's joint and/or limb, thereby securing the patient's joint and/or limb to the third assembly.