SADDLE FOR EXCERCISE APPARATUS AND EXERCISE APPARATUS USING THE SAME

摘要

A saddle used for an exercise apparatus with which a user exercises in a seated posture, and with the saddle, the user can achieve stable exercise effect with variation in the seated posture suppressed. The exercise apparatus has a base, the saddle for supporting the buttocks of a user, and a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism movably couples a supporting section to the base such that a load caused by the self-weight of the user and acting on a leg is varied by displacement of relative positions of a foot and the center of gravity of the user, and the coupling mechanism limits the movable direction of the supporting section such that the direction of the displacement of the relative positions of the foot and the center of gravity is limited in the bending and stretching direction of the knee joint. The saddle has in the outer periphery a pair of curved recesses formed such that portions of the upper legs of the user fit the recesses.