Apparatus for bi-directional ankle exercise movements has a main-frame with a seat and upwardly extending columns at either side to support a “U” shaped sub-frame, mounted so that it pivots about a horizontal axis passing very nearly through the ankles of a seated user and interconnecting linkages simultaneously enforcing ankle inversion, with plantarflexion and then ankle eversion, with dorsiflexion, about perpendicularly intersecting axes, while resisting such movements, so as to provide bidirectional ankle exercises according to a progressive resistance program, thus strengthening the ankle muscle groups for enhanced balance and dynamic stability.

An athletic leg brace training apparatus coupled to a user's rear leg to enhance swing mechanics is provided. The leg brace training apparatus includes a brace member having an upper portion connected to a lower portion, the upper portion having a first longitudinal axis, the lower portion having a second longitudinal axis, a first strap with opposing ends coupled to the upper portion of the brace member and designed to conform around the user's rear leg, and a second strap with opposing ends coupled to the lower portion of the brace member and designed to conform around the user's rear leg. The first longitudinal axis of the upper portion of the brace member is oriented within an approximate range of 115 to 145 degrees relative to the second longitudinal axis of the lower portion of the brace member.

A treadmill includes a deck, a first pulley disposed in a first portion of the deck, a second pulley disposed in a second portion of the deck, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, and a platform incorporated into the deck.

The golf shoe holder with dismountable threaded cleats prevents the supporting foot of a person from moving when attempting to hit the golf ball with a golf club. This is achieved as the holder has two holes with different diameters: the large diameter is to be held between the cleats and the golf shoe sole, by means of the threads that both parts have, and the small diameter is where it holds on to the grass by means of a tee.

A swing training assembly includes a shuttle, a shuttle travel track, a tensioner, a shuttle displacement line and a shuttle pulley. The shuttle resides in the shuttle travel track and the shuttle pulley and shuttle displacement line are adapted to linearly displace the shuttle to different shuttle positions within the shuttle travel track in response to displacement forces applied to the shuttle pulley by a user pulling on the shuttle displacement line. The tensioner provides an opposing counter-force to control the rate of shuttle displacement. The swing training assembly may also include body positioning limits to maintain proper body alignment while the user pulls on the shuttle displacement line.

A walking training apparatus 1 includes a leg robot 2 attached to a leg of a walking trainee, a motor 261 configured to rotationally drive a knee joint 22 of the leg robot 2, a control unit 332 configured to control the motor 261 so that the motor 261 rotationally drives the knee joint 22 in a leg-idling period in a gait motion of the walking trainee, a motor torque detection unit 262 configured to detect a motor torque, the motor torque being a torque generated by the motor 261, and a determination unit 333 configured to determine whether or not the walking trainee is in a spasticity state or a rigidity state by using a value of the motor torque detected in the leg-idling period by the motor torque detection unit 262.

A stair exerciser apparatus includes a frame having a pair of inclined supports, a drive mechanism, and a plurality of stairs coupled to the drive mechanism for traveling around the pair of inclined supports. The driving mechanism has an upper shaft, a lower shaft and at least one drive chain mounted around the upper shaft and the lower shaft. A clutch mechanism is coupled to the upper shaft or the lower shaft of the drive mechanism. A flywheel is operationally coupled to the clutch mechanism, where the clutch mechanism couples the motion of the stairs to the rotation of the flywheel when the stairs are driven in a downward direction, and where the clutch mechanism decouples the motion of the stairs from the rotation of the flywheel when the stairs cease to be driven in the downward direction.

An exercise apparatus and method for lower back, abdominal, and leg conditioning. The apparatus is configurable between a pivoting condition and a fixed position. In the pivoting condition, a backboard, pivotally mounted to a frame, is configured for a user to lay on the backboard and alternately raise and lower their hips, while supporting their feet on a foot plate. In a fixed condition, the backboard is positioned proximal to the foot plate, and a user may perform one or more abdominal exercises.

An exercise system includes a bench system usable in combination with a resistance unit for the performance of a wide variety of exercises including those previously performed using free weights, exercise machines, rowing machines, and/or ski machines. The bench system preferably includes a bench unit, which is configurable in various bench configurations including flat, seated, incline and decline configurations as well as a sliding seat configuration. The bench system can include an extension unit mounted to the bench unit, wherein a resistance unit is mountable to the exercise system in a plurality of mounting positions that align with various bench configurations to permit the performance of a wide variety of resistance exercises while varying the angle of resistance generated by the pull cord on the body party being exercised. The mounting positions optimize the location of the resistance unit and the pull cords depending upon the bench configuration to vary and optimize the angle of resistance applied to the user’s muscles and body parts during exercises.

A collapsible exercise machine includes a stationary base, a moving member, and a supporting frame. The stationary base includes a pivotally connecting portion and a first supporting portion. The moving member is pivotally connected to the pivotally connecting portion of the stationary base, can be pivoted to an extended position and a collapsed position with respect to the stationary base, and includes a second supporting portion. The supporting frame includes a third supporting portion, is fixedly connected to the stationary base, and lies under the pivotally connecting portion. When in the extended position, the stationary base and the moving member are supported by the third supporting portion as well as the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion.