JP3215139U - Exercise aid - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide an exercise assisting device that can give warmth to an exerciser. An exercise assisting tool 10 is a tile-shaped three-dimensional object. The tile shape includes the upper surface 12, the lower surface 14, and the side peripheral surface 16 surrounding the peripheral portions of the upper and lower surfaces. The exercise assisting tool 10 is a molded product made of a material mainly composed of clay, like tiles and bricks. The exercise assisting tool 10 is heated by a microwave oven or the like and covered with paper or the like, and the recessed lower surface 14 side is placed on the body. Thereby, the person who exercises obtains warmth from the exercise assisting tool 10 by radiation of far infrared rays. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an assisting device for contacting the body of an exercising person and assisting the exercising person, and in particular, to an apparatus that can give warmth to the exercising person.

  Due to growing health consciousness, various exercises such as yoga, flexible gymnastics and stretching are prosperous. In this type of exercise, in order to increase the effect of exercise or to perform stable exercise, auxiliary tools that assist exercise are often used.

  For example, a yoga block is an auxiliary tool for assisting the posture of a person who takes a pose when performing a yoga pose (asana). A typical yoga block is a rectangular parallelepiped shape, made from resin, cork or wood. Further, unlike such a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a yoga block including an arc-shaped surface in addition to a flat surface is also known (Patent Document 1). According to the yoga block, an exercise function using an arc surface can be additionally obtained.

  Regardless of whether or not to use such exercise aids, this type of exercise can be expected to increase body flexibility and activity and promote health. In order to further increase the effect of exercise, it is also known that exercise is performed in an environment where it is easy to sweat and the body is flexible. Hot yoga is one example. In hot yoga, for example, exercise is performed at a room temperature of 35 to 40 ° C. and a humidity of about 65%. In addition, there is Patent Document 2 as a document referring to hot yoga.

Utility Model Registration No. 3178780 Utility Model Registration No. 3144724

  It may be desirable to create an environment of temperature and humidity as described above as a place to exercise, such as hot yoga, in an exercise aimed at improving the flexibility and activity of the body. However, creating such an environment is difficult both in terms of equipment and cost. There is resistance in terms of making exercise easier and more convenient.

  Therefore, in this device, instead of changing the environment of the exercise field itself, an exercise assisting device that is expected to make the body flexible by being used by an individual who exercises was sought. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide an exercise assisting device for further improving the flexibility and activity of the body of an exerciser.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an exercise aid that not only makes the body flexible but also helps to train the trunk. The further purpose of this device will become clear from the following explanation.

The exercise assisting device according to the present invention is a tile-shaped three-dimensional object including a first surface and a second surface that define a thickness, and side peripheral surfaces that surround the peripheral portions of the first surface and the second surface. At least one of the first surface and the second surface of the three-dimensional object contacts the body of the person who moves, and assists the movement of the person who moves. And such an exercise aid has the following technical features.
A The three-dimensional product is a molded product using clay as a main raw material, and can emit far infrared rays by heating.
B At least one of the first surface and the second surface that contacts the body of the person exercising bends gently from one side of the side peripheral surface to the other, thereby This is a configuration that fits the body of the person who exercises.

  Since most of the surface of the human body is convex outward, at least one surface of the exercise aid that is a three-dimensional object is concave. The concave surface stably fits on the body of the person who exercises, for example, the back of the waist, the back of the neck, the shoulder, the knee, etc. (that is, two-dimensional contact with a moderate area). The other surface of the three-dimensional object having a thickness is usually a convex surface, and has the same curvature or shape as the one surface that contacts the body, but can also be bent differently. As one preferred embodiment, the thickness of the three-dimensional object can be such that one of the side peripheral surfaces is thicker than the other of the side peripheral surfaces. According to the embodiment, the sitting of the three-dimensional object is good, and it is suitable for exercising to train the trunk by laying it under the foot or under the hand.

  The exercise assisting device of the present invention is a molded product mainly composed of clay, and is generally a fired molded product mainly composed of clay. Clay is used as a raw material for manufacturing bricks and tiles, and the molded product has a large number of voids between clay minerals with a small particle size. Therefore, when it is heated, it exhibits a function of effectively radiating far-infrared rays, and has excellent warmth retention characteristics due to heating, and the warmth retention time exceeds at least one hour. Exercise time for yoga, flexible gymnastics, stretching, etc. is generally around one hour. During such a predetermined time, the exercise assisting device of the present invention can continue to maintain a temperature higher than the body temperature of the person exercising.

  In this device, an individual who exercises the exercise assisting device can use the infrared rays emitted by the exercise assisting device to warm a part of the individual's body. Therefore, the person who exercises can not only increase the flexibility of the body by the warming function generated by the exercise assisting device, but also can increase the relaxation effect by exerting the parasympathetic nerve preferentially. If the hot yoga described above is aimed at whole body bathing, the exercise assisting device of the present invention aims at partial bathing more simply.

It is a perspective view which shows one typical Example of the exercise assistance tool of this invention. It is a sectional side view of the Example of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the usage example of the exercise assistance tool of this invention.

  1 and 2 show typical examples of the exercise assisting device of the present invention. The exercise assisting tool 10 is a tile-shaped three-dimensional object. In addition to the upper surface 12 and the lower surface 14 that define the thickness, the tile shape includes a side peripheral surface 16 that surrounds the peripheral portions of the first surface and the second surface. Since the exercise assisting tool 10 is a square three-dimensional object, the side peripheral surface 16 includes a pair of surfaces 16a and 16b; 16c and 16d that are parallel to each other.

  The exercise assisting tool 10 can be obtained by molding and firing using a clay-based material as well as a tile or brick manufacturing material, or, for example, by cutting a commercially available tile. Can also be obtained. Considering ease of use and fit to the body, the size of the exercise assisting tool 10 is, for example, 7 to 8 cm in width, 10 to 20 cm in length, and 2 to 3 cm in thickness. Commercially available roof tiles are larger than that, so they should be cut into ½ or ¼ depending on the intended use, such as shoulders, waist, neck and knees. In addition, since it touches the body of the person exercising, it should have a chamfered structure by using a chamfered structure. In that respect, it is preferable to use a method for obtaining a body-friendly form using a dedicated mold, rather than using a method of processing a commercially available roof tile.

  When actually exercising, such an exercise assisting tool 10 is heated in a microwave oven or a direct flame, for example, for about 3 minutes. Due to this heating, the exercise assisting device 10 is kept warm for at least 1 hour to 2 hours. Sustaining warmness means maintaining a state of feeling warmth above body temperature when a person touches it. Of course, since the exercise assisting tool 10 immediately after heating is too hot, it can be appropriately warmed by wrapping it in newspaper or putting it in a paper or cloth bag 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the use of the exercise assisting tool 10 is basically to obtain warmth from the exercise assisting instrument 10 to the body 30 side by placing the recessed lower surface 14 side on the body 30. The exercise assisting tool 10 mainly composed of clay radiates far infrared rays, so that a person who exercises can obtain warmth in a portion where the exercise assisting tool 10 is applied. For example, when performing yoga exercise, the gentle curve of the tile-shaped exercise assisting tool 10 fits the body, so that it is easy to take a pose and pose easily. In addition, when taking a balance pose, it is also possible to obtain the effect of forging the trunk by laying the exercise assisting tool 10 on the soles of the feet or under the hands.

  Attention is now drawn to FIG. 2, which is a side sectional view. It will be appreciated that the thickness of the exercise aid 10 is such that one side peripheral surface 16b is thicker than the other side peripheral surface 16a. This difference in thickness or change can increase the strength of the exercise assisting device 10, improve sitting, and make it easier for an exerciser to ride on it. And the like, which can be placed on the upper surface 12 of the exercise assisting tool 10.

  Although the exercise assisting tool 10 has a square shape as a whole, it can be formed in other shapes such as a circle, an ellipse, and a polygon that are easy for an exerciser to handle.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Exercise aid 12 Upper surface 14 Lower surface 16 Side surface

Claims (5)

A tile-shaped three-dimensional object including a first surface and a second surface that define a thickness, and side peripheral surfaces that surround the peripheral portions of the first surface and the second surface, and at least one of the first surface and the second surface An exercise aid for assisting the exercise of a person who makes contact with the body of a person who exercises, and comprising the following technical features.
A The three-dimensional product is a molded product using clay as a main raw material, and can emit far infrared rays by heating.
B At least one of the first surface and the second surface that contacts the body of the person exercising bends gently from one side of the side peripheral surface to the other, thereby This is a configuration that fits the body of the person who exercises.   The exercise assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the exercise of the exerciser is one of yoga, flexible gymnastics, and stretching.   The exercise assisting device according to claim 1, wherein one of the first surface and the second surface that fits the body of an exercising person is a concave surface, and the other surface is a convex surface.   The exercise assisting device according to claim 1, wherein one of the side peripheral surfaces is thicker than the other of the side peripheral surfaces.   The exercise assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the heated three-dimensional object continues to maintain a temperature higher than the body temperature of the exerciser for a predetermined time during which the exerciser exercises.

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