摘要 |
<p>Portable exercise apparatus comprises a base plinth (1) pivotably connected to an upright member (2) which bears an upper control and display panel (3). In the middle of the plinth (1) is a forceplate (4) on which a user can stand or run-on-the-spot and which is associated with impulse and static load sensing means (not shown) which are connected to computing means adapted to monitor and communicate to the user via the control panel the expended exercise effort. Lateral hand grips (10) are telescopically received in angle supports (7) to enable the user to perform progressive resistance isotonic and isometric exercises, the expanded exercise effort again being sensed by the forceplate (4) by comparison to the user's static bodyweight and communicated to the user by visual or audible signals from the control panel (12). The equipment can be folded away into a flat box structure and carried by means of a handle, not shown.</p> |