A training apparatus includes an elastic band; a device for continuously determining an actual configuration of the training apparatus during exercise, e.g. a stretch of the elastic band or a 2D or 3D position of said device; and for generating a control signal for an audio device, the control signal being at least partially based on the actual configuration of the training apparatus; and for outputting the control signal.

A portable exercise apparatus utilized for exercising, stretching, and training multiple muscle groups of the body of a user. The apparatus is adapted to be worn about the waist or carried as a bandolier about the user's body. The apparatus has at least one releasably closable pocket and fixation rings for securing and carrying accessories, such as attachable handles, suspension lines, and elastic bands. The apparatus and methods of use provide the user with a plurality of configurations for assisted exercise regimens and the flexibility to exercise anywhere.

Disclosed herein is an exercise system comprising a wall mount having tie down anchors and an exercise mat. The exercise mat comprises a plurality of radial lines to ensure the user maintains a known distance from the wall mount. A first end of a resistance band is coupled to a tie down anchor and a second end of the exercise mat is coupled to a handle.

A resistance band apparatus for a person to perform resistance exercises includes a pair of rigid resistance band buckles each having a first end and a second end. The first end has a first attachment mechanism and the second end has at least one second attachment mechanism. At least one elastomeric resistance band has two opposing ends, each end adapted for attachment to the second attachment mechanism of one of the resistance band buckles. Multiple resistance bands may be included, some having a unique length and/or elasticity. The resistance bands are interchangeable and selectively fixed with the buckles. The apparatus may further include a proximal strap fixed between a first resistance band buckle and a user interface mechanism such as a handle, and a distal strap fixed between a second opposing resistance band buckle and an object engagement mechanism, such as a door bracket.

A low friction rehabilitation board having an integral band retaining feature is described. The rehabilitation board may have a coefficient of static friction of no more than about 0.5 and in some embodiments no more than about 0.06. The rehabilitation board has a plurality of band retaining feature configured along one or both ends and may be an integral band retaining features being formed in the board. Additionally, the rehabilitation may include one or more band retaining features on one or both sides of the board. The unique configuration of the band retaining features enables rehabilitation method heretofore not possible with a single board. Resistance bands may be retained in the band retaining features and coupled to a user's limb, such as a foot or ankle, to resist motion, such as sliding or extending the foot along the low friction surface of the rehabilitation board.

An exercise apparatus for use in for example a leg exercise comprises a pair of tracks extending in a respective longitudinal direction, each carrying in sliding movement therealong a limb receiving member for supporting a limb of the user. The tracks are interconnected by a bridging portion comprising a hinge which defines a central folding axis parallel to the respective longitudinal direction of each track, so that the tracks can be moved between an operating position in which the folding axis is located transversely between the tracks and a storage position in which the tracks are disposed so that upper load bearing surfaces are oriented so as to face one another. The apparatus also includes a resiliently deformable elastic band defining a limit in the range of sliding movement of each limb receiving member along the track so as to apply gradual resistance to the limb receiving member upon contact with same.

Exercise equipment for at least pulling and pushing exercises comprises an elastic tubular band covered by a flexible material covering, for example, of nylon which is threaded through an O-ring grommet and holes in first and second straps threaded through first and second handles proximate to one another when gripped by a user. The exercise equipment may be used with a safety door attachment that comprises a safety loop for looping around a door handle or knob. The safety loop is stitched to a loop threaded through a plastic spindle of a foam door stop used on one side of a closed door. A further loop extends from the plastic spindle to the other closed side of the door and is adapted to receive the exercise equipment through the further loop. A series of isometric pulling and pushing exercises, trunk rotation among other exercises are disclosed and various accessories which may be used for warm up, relieving pain and for exercise including a D-ring embodiment for use with known exercise equipment.

A resistance swim training device is described. The resistance swim training device includes a waist harness configured to secure around a waist of a swimmer. The resistance swim training device also includes a spacing bar configured to facilitate moving and rotation motions of the swimmer. The resistance swim training device further includes two or more cords that connect the spacing bar and the waist harness.

Various systems for exercise equipment are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a system may include a board that includes a first pair of hooks extending from one end of the board and a second pair of hooks extending from the second end of the board. The system may also include an exercise band that includes one or more bulges located at one end of the band, such that a bulge anchors the band to a pair of hooks. The bulges are located along the band such that they allow a user to adjust the effective length of the band, allowing for varying resistances at these varying lengths during exercise.

An apparatus for improving technical ability related to the use of a musical instrument, in particular for finger exercise, comprising a bearing structure that can be mated to the back of the hand of a user by removable fastening means; the apparatus further comprises a movable component, constituted by one or more rings, each of which is designed to be associated with a phalanx of a finger of the hand, each ring being connected to the bearing structure by elastic means; the apparatus finds application both in the development of technical ability related to the use of any musical instrument, with particular effectiveness on stringed instruments, and in the medical field in rehabilitation therapy for use of the hand.