Apparatus and method for more effective exercise

Abstract

An apparatus worn on the hands to prevent the formation of a conventional fist and instead promote the optimal posture / position for making a structurally superior fist—the A-Fist in the CoreFIST Training Method. The apparatus and method aligns the fingers to create Correct Bone Alignment through the fingers, hands, wrists, arms & shoulders enabling the user to throw harder, more powerful punches with less chance of injury. The Method for using such apparatus helps align the bones of the fingers and hands to engage in more effective punching / striking and walking / running exercise as well as many traditional calisthenics.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention is an apparatus that aligns the human hand to form an optimal fist for punching / striking and a method for making such apparatus as well as a method for using such apparatus to specifically position the human hand into optimal alignment to engage in more effective exercise. The apparatus and method facilitate and teach the user to throw harder more powerful punches with reduced chance of injuries. Such optimally aligned fist that punches / strikes harder and safer also unifies the bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia of the hands, arms and shoulders to in turn make the entire body capable of moving with a stronger, more fully integrated stride for more efficient walking and running.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]There are myriad training aids for boxing, MMA, and striking exercises for fitness, sport and self-defense. The art and science of unarmed hand-to-hand combat for sport and competition dates back many hundreds and per...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The invention is an apparatus and method for more effective exercise that can help protect the hand when hitting an object. It also helps to position the hands in the optimal position for throwing a punch. The thumb and index finger work together to keep the middle finger in place, increasing the pressure through the bone structure and strengthening the central triangle created by the middle finger.

Problems solved by technology

The conventional fist often leads to fractures of the carpal bones and lasting injury and damage to the wrist bones and joints.

Professional fighters usually tape or wrap their hands and wrists to prevent such damage and often suffer lasting arthritic pain and decreased function with their fingers, hands and wrists as a result of training and practicing their chosen fighting sport using a conventional fist.

Punching is a wonderful form of exercise but is fraught with risk and is simply less effective than it can otherwise be as practiced by the majority of the participants currently.

This patent describes a pneumatic device that is inserted in a boxing glove but does not provides an apparatus and method to arrange a person's hands into the optimal position or posture for throwing a punch.

None of these previous efforts, however, provides the benefits attendant with the Apparatus and Method for more effective exercise.

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