APPARATUS FOR MUSCLE EXERCISING AND DETERMINING AND DEVELOPING HUMAN CONDITIONAL AND COORDINATION CAPABILITIES Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A63B22/10 A63B23/12 A63B21/00 

FIELD: sportive equipment.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has power and program units. Power unit has playing rod having lever with variable length of its operating part. Rod is furnished with set of detachable modified handles attached to one end of rod. Each handle has at least two buttons for controlling functions of computer games. Electric communication system is commutated through flexible multistrand cable to respective rod connector and connected to personal computer port. Power unit is formed as variable resistor load. Other end of rod is formed as ball placed in sleeve defining controlled friction medium for ball, controlled friction being provided by tightening unit and two members dragging on ball and located in upper and lower parts of sleeve. Dragging members resting upon fixed plate and spherical part are pressed to ball of playing rod through tightening unit having damper rubber plate, movable plate and cylindrical brace with thread on its inner surface and toothed gear on its outer surface. Electric engine of reversal electric drive in sleeve upper part is designed for unscrewing and screwing of brace onto sleeve. Drive anchor pin has toothed wheel meshed through its teeth with brace teeth via intermediate gear. Screw provided in sleeve lower part and fastening unit provided in its upper part prevent lower and upper dragging members from sliding relative to sleeve. Brace, movable plate, rubber damper plate, dragging member of sleeve upper part have through openings for receiving of playing rod and moving it within sleeve and through openings in dragging member and fixed plate in sleeve lower part for scanning lower surface of spherical part by means of optical mouse secured to fixed plate and connected to personal computer base unit through USB interface. Physical load program unit has file for setting in accordance with apparatus means and exercising or game conditions, dynamically charged library and three files: first including basic program for creating of physical load, second including setting of exerciser-game, third including individual setting and controlling of exercising process or game.

EFFECT: creation of uniform dosed resistance to rod and continuous adjustment of this resistance.

8 cl, 10 dwg