Surface Stabilized Safety Enhanced Free-Weights

Abstract

Surface stabilized safety enhanced free-weights and exercise methods that offer the benefits of free-weight resistance training, bodyweight exercises, and body positioning exercises with increased effectiveness, versatility, and safety.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]U.S. Provisional App. No. 61 / 898,954, filed Nov. 1, 2013STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableREFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX[0003]Not ApplicableTECHNICAL FIELD[0004]The present invention relates to exercise equipment and methods of exercising.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]There is always a need for new and improved exercise equipment and methods of exercising to benefit the health and fitness of people.[0006]One very well known piece of exercise equipment is the dumbbell, which is used for resistance exercises, such as bicep curls. Dumbbells typically have two hexagonal or disc shaped weights attached to either end of a straight handle, as exemplified in U.S. Pat. No. 1,672,944, Jowett, 1928 (“Dumb bell”).[0007]Another known piece of exercise equipment is the push-up handle, which is used to enhance the safety and effect of the bod...

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Benefits of technology

This patent introduces new exercise equipment and methods that offer the benefits of free-weight resistance training, bodyweight exercises, and body positioning and movement exercises with increased effectiveness, versatility, and safety. The invention includes a surface stabilized safety enhanced free-weight that combines the benefits of a traditional free-weight with a base member and handle for improved stability and safety. The base member can have adjustable weight and a tread for a wider range of weights without changing the exterior dimensions. The inventive subject matter also provides new exercise methods that allow people to effectively and safely transition between open and closed kinetic chain exercises. Overall, this patent offers innovations and improvements for lifelong fitness and wellness.

Problems solved by technology

There is no existing exercise equipment or exercise method, however, that safely and effectively offers a combination of the benefits achieved from all of the above.

Attempting to use existing dumbbells and push-up handles to perform various body positioning and movement exercises would be unsafe and ineffective because they do not offer sufficient stability and balancing and there is a danger that their structures, which include protrusions, metallic surfaces, and sharp edges and corners, would come into contact with and injure the body during such exercises.

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