In accordance with the principles of the present invention an exercise device is provided that comprises an oscillating platform and a support platform. The oscillating platform is connected to the support platform by a support having a main axis and an oscillating platform axis extending at an angle from the main axis, such that the oscillating platform defines a plane that is non-parallel to a plane defined by the support platform. An oscillating platform stabilizer enables the free angular undulating movement of the oscillating platform. Inertia or momentum of the angular movement of the platform is provided, thereby providing a fluid and continuous change in the angular orientation of the platform.

Training apparatus includes: a base stand which has slide shafts that are provided side by side and extend in the right-and-left directions; a slide base portion which can slide along this slide shaft; a foot stand which is provided over the slide base portion so as to be turned; a connection mechanism portion which is formed by a rod and its support portion that engages a substantially-middle proper part of the base stand in the right-and-left directions and the foot stand, so that the sliding position and the turning angle of the foot stand can be correlated; and a spring which gives the slide base portion the force by which the slide base portion moves toward a substantially-middle position of the base stand in the right-and-left directions. Thereby, a sliding exercise and a twisting exercise can be taken together, and the body trunk can be effectively trained.

The present invention relates to a device for improving and developing the strength, coordination, balancing and proprioception of a user. Especially the present invention relates to an exercising device (10) comprising a balancing means (12) and a vibration means arranged to vibrate said balancing means (12).

An epochal method and an apparatus capable of being used very effectively for various purposes, such as asthetics, promotion of not only physical but also spiritual health, sports training and rehabilitation. Namely, the present invention provides an aesthetic and health-promoting therapy using a water current, comprising the steps of applying a water current, which has a comparatively high velocity of flow, to a person to be trained (X), who is positioned in a treatment vessel (S), directly and continuously in the direction which is at right angles or substantially right angles to the height of the person (X) in a sitting state to thereby subject the subcutaneous fat of the person (X) to a water current massage which is based mainly on a flutterin phenomenon, and repeating this operation a certain number of times for a predetermined period of time: and a special apparatus for practicing this method very simply and preferably, the main features of which reside is that the apparatus is provided with a treatment vessel (S), in which at least one person to be trained (X) can be held, and a water current generating means (D) for generating a water current running in the direction which is at right angles or substantially right angles to the height of the person (X) positioned vertically in the treatment vessel (S).

This invention relates to a new rotator muscle exercise apparatus. The apparatus comprises a pair of rotatable foot rests (12), each foot rest operably connected to a separate air cylinder (17) whereby the pressure of the air within the cylinder is controlled by the rotation of the foot rests (12). The apparatus allows for development of rotator muscles with particular reference to resistance exercise, including for example strength training, specificity of training, rehabilitation, and preventive conditioning programmes. The apparatus will produce muscle contractions of varying intensities through a full range of motion, yet is simple in design, light-weight and portable. It uses no auxiliary fluid supply source and is completely self-contained and easy to operate.

An apparatus for the balance training of athletes, such as downhill skiers, is disclosed, and which comprises a base (12) adapted to rest upon the floor, and a foot plate (14) mounted in spaced relation above the base. The foot plate (14) and base (12) are interconnected by a plurality of springs (22) disposed in a circular arrangement around the center of the foot plate so as to permit tilting of the foot plate relative to the base in all directions. Drive means is also provided for imparting a continuous irregular tilting movement to the foot plate (14), and which includes an electric motor (15), a vertical centerpost (18) connected to the output of the motor, an undulating cam plate (28, 29) fixed to the underside of the foot plate (14), and a follower (32) fixed to the centerpost via a lever arm (30). Thus upon operation of the motor (15), the centerpost (18) is rotated and a continuous irregular tilting movement is imparted to the foot plate (14).

A figure trimmer comprises a base, a pedal set, and a rotating assembly. The pedal set comprises a left pedal and a right pedal. The rotating assembly movably connects with the base. The rotating assembly is able to rotate about a shaft of the base. The rotating assembly comprises two ends, in which one end includes a first shaft and the other includes a second shaft. The left pedal can rotate about the first shaft, and the right pedal can rotate about the second shaft.

Bei einem Sportgerät (1) mit wenigstens einem Abrollkörper (34), wobei der wenigstens eine Abrollkörper (34) eine Bodenkontaktfläche (35) aufweist, wird vorgeschlagen, dass das Sportgerät (1) wenigstens zwei Handgriffe (30) aufweist, welche wenigstens mittelbar, an einem der Bodenkontaktfläche (35) abgewandten Bereich mit dem Abrollkörper (34) verbunden sind.

An exercise machine applicable for strengthening users abdominal muscles is described. The machine can include a track frame including a pair of parallel rails to provide gliding support for movement along the parallel rails. Two sliding assembly may be movably mounted on the parallel rails respectively. Each sliding assembly may be configurable to move together or separately along the parallel rails. Two seat pads may be adjustably secured to the two sliding assembly respectively. Each seat pad may be rotationally adjustable to change angular relationship between the seat pad's longitudinal direction and movement direction along the parallel rails.

An exercise machine applicable for strengthening a user's abdominal muscles is described. The exercise machine can include a track frame having a higher end and a lower end. Kneeling assemblies may be mounted on parallel gliding rails of the track frame to receive the knees from a user to make movements up and down between the lower end and the higher end of the track frame. Each kneeling assembly may be engaged with a pair of the gliding rails. A rotationally adjustable armrest holder may be adjustable rotationally mounted on the upper end of the track frame. The armrest holder can be oriented towards a direction having an angular relationship with an axis of the track frame between the lower end and the higher end. The armrest holder may capable of supporting the arms of the user making the movements with a twisting effect according to the angular relationship.

A wheelchair (1) is described with members (3, 5, 7, 9, 11) for training trunk and upper limbs muscles of a person who is compelled to live thereon.

A waist and hip developer includes a track curving smoothly upwardly toward two distal ends thereof and having two stop members respectively located at two distal ends thereof, foot members affixed to the track for supporting the track on the floor steadily, a slide slidably coupled to the track with rollers thereof and movable back and forth along the track between the stop members, a seat rotatably supported on the slide with a ball bearing within a predetermined angle and selectively lockable to the slide with a lock screw, two grips respectively affixed to the two distal ends of the track, and a counter for counting of the number of reciprocating cycles of the slide moving by the user sitting on the seat.