KR100416202B1 - a training apparatus for rotation of the upper body - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an upper body rotational exercise device, the main body 10, the load providing unit 12 coupled to the main body to give a load to the user when the user exercises the upper body to rotate, and the user shoulders Golfers or shoulders having a shoulder holding means (16) that is fitted to the shoulder so that the load is applied to the user by the load granting portion while being pivotally coupled to the load granting portion, Rehabilitation exercisers exercise the upper body in accordance with body conditions such as body shape and weight effectively enhance flexibility and strength and increase the effect of rehabilitation exercises.

Description

{A training apparatus for rotation of the upper body}

The present invention relates to an upper body rotational exercise device, and more particularly, to an upper body rotational exercise device that enhances the flexibility and strength of the upper body rotation.

As golf becomes popular, the population who want to learn golf is increasing rapidly regardless of age group. Good swing posture, flexibility and strength are essential to improving your performance on the golf course. Because golf swings involve strength, speed, and intense torsion in the body, training to increase flexibility and strength is the most important part of daily exercise.

Flexible muscles, tendons, and ligaments move more smoothly and are less likely to cause injury. Without flexibility training, your muscles will harden over time and your swing track will also shorten. And repeatedly and repeatedly hitting the golf ball properly, correctly requires strength and endurance. To strengthen your muscles, you need to improve your posture as well as increase the speed of your swing to move the ball away and the force applied to it at the moment of impact. It also helps prevent and treat back pain by relieving the weight on the spine during the swing.

Thus, in order to enhance the flexibility and strength required for the golf swing, as shown in Fig. 1 (a), the fitness trainer (M) is sitting on the chair (C), Figs. 1 (b) and (c) As shown in the upper body to the left and right to rotate the upper body rotational movement, or standing upper body rotational movement.

Older women, women with lower backs, or patients with discs will also have rehabilitation exercises that rotate the upper body to strengthen the spine.

However, older golf beginners have a hard body and feel a lot of difficulties and pain in the upper body rotation exercise, amateur golfers and professional golfers also sit on the chair to twist the upper body to rotate and increase flexibility and strength There was a problem that can not be effectively exercised.

In addition, patients undergoing rehabilitation have a problem in that the conventional upper body rotation exercise does not effectively enhance the spine.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an upper body exercise device that effectively enhances flexibility and strength by the golfer or rehabilitation exercise body to exercise the upper body to fit the body conditions such as body shape and weight There is.

1 (a) to (c) is a state in which the conventional fitness trainer rotates the upper body,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the upper body exercising apparatus according to the present invention,

3 is a side view of the user of FIG. 2 (based on a user);

4 is a front view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the inside of the load applying unit of FIG.

6 and 7 is an adjustment state of the shoulder holding means of FIG.

8, 9a and 9b is a state diagram in which the user stands out using the upper body rotation exercise device according to the present invention,

10, 11a and 11b is a state in which the user sits and exercise using the upper body rotation exercise apparatus according to the present invention,

12 is a flowchart for exercising using the upper body rotation exercise apparatus according to the present invention;

Fig. 13 is a control block diagram of the upper body rotation exercise mechanism according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: main body 12: load providing unit

14: shoulder wearing portion 16: shoulder holding means

18: base 20, 22, 24: first, second, third stage post

26: buttock rear restraint plate 30, 30 ': buttock both sides restraint member

56: connection rod 58: frame

60, 60 ': Slider 64, 64': Bending plate

66, 66 ': close contact pad 68: spacing adjuster

70: pin 78: control panel

The upper body rotation exercise device according to the present invention includes a main body, a load providing unit coupled to the main body to give a load to the user when the user rotates the upper body, and the load unit as the user rotates the shoulder. It has a shoulder holding means that is fitted to the shoulder so that the load is applied to the user, characterized in that consisting of the shoulder wearing portion rotatably coupled to the load providing portion.

Preferably, the shoulder wearing part is hinged to the load providing part to swing in one direction when the user bends the upper body.

The shoulder wearing part includes a connecting rod connected to the load providing part, and a frame in which the connecting rod is fixed to a central portion thereof and the shoulder holding means is fitted at both ends thereof, wherein the shoulder holding means slides on the frame. It is fitted and fixed as possible.

The shoulder holding means includes a slider slidably fitted to both ends of the frame, a fixing member for fixing the slider to the frame, and a c-type fixed to the lower side of the slider to be in close contact with the fore and back of the user's shoulder. Coupled to the bending plate to adjust the distance between the bending plate and the contact pads attached to the inner surface of the bending plate to be in close contact without pain to the user's body, the contact pad according to the user's physique It is made with a gap adjusting device.

The main body is composed of a base and a post erected upwards from the base, the load providing portion is installed on the upper side of the post, the post is coupled in multiple stages to adjust its height in accordance with the user's height. It is possible to adjust the length.

It is preferable that the posterior hip restraint member is coupled to the post to restrain the hip of the user from being pushed backward. In addition, the post is preferably coupled to both buttocks of the buttocks to restrain the buttocks of the user from swinging to both sides.

The main body includes control means for controlling the load amount of the load providing unit and / or the length of the post, input means for inputting data such as the gender and weight of the exerciser, and a rotation state and the exercise state of the shoulder wearing unit. The control panel including the display means is coupled.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 to 4, the load providing unit 12 is coupled to the upper side of the main body 10 to give a load to the user when the user rotates the upper body, the load providing unit 12 At the front of the), a shoulder wearing part 14 having a shoulder holding means 16 fitted to the shoulder to be loaded by the load granting part 12 to the user as the user rotates the shoulder is the load granting part. It is rotatably coupled to.

The main body 10 is composed of a base 18 and a post erected upward from the rear of the base 18, and a plurality of the posts are coupled in multiple stages in an antenna manner to adjust the height thereof. In this embodiment, there is a three-stage rectangular post, the first stage post 20 is fixed to the base 18, the second stage post 22 protrudes from the upper side of the first stage post (20) The third end post 24 is interpolated to protrude from the upper side of the second end post 22. The second and third posts 22 and 24 are moved up and down by known conveying means such as oil, pneumatic cylinders or conveying screws, so that the total length of the post is changed. The second and third posts 22 and 24 may be configured to be manually moved up and down to adjust the overall height of the post according to the height of the user and then fixed with a fixing member.

The second end post 22 is coupled to the buttocks posterior restraint plate 26 which restrains the user's buttocks from being pushed back. The inner surface of the buttock rear restraint plate 26 is curved to conform to the curved shape of the buttocks, and is coupled to the second end post 22 by the connecting rod 28, and the transfer of the connecting rod 28 is performed. It is preferable that the protruding distance of the buttock rear restraining plate 26 is adjustable by this.

In addition, both side surfaces of the second end post 22 are coupled to both buttocks of the buttocks on both buttocks to restrain the buttocks of the user from swinging to both sides. The buttock-side restraint members 30 and 30 'are fitted to protruding rods 32 and 32' which are fixed to both sides of the second end post 22 and protrude from the buttock-side restraint members 30 and 30 '. L1 is adjustable and fixed to the protruding rods 32 and 32 'by fixing members 34 and 34' and is bent into a-shape.

The load providing part 12 protrudes toward the front end of the third end post 24, and reinforcing the front surface of the third end post 24 and the case bottom of the load providing part 12. The protruding portion of the load applying portion 12 is supported by the member 36.

The first, second and third stage posts may be made of circular posts or the like.

As shown in Fig. 5, the load applying unit 12 has a drive pulley 38 fixed to the drive shaft 37 to rotate in accordance with the rotation of the shoulder wearing unit 14, such as a belt 40 such as a timing belt. A load roller 46 coupled to the driven pulley 42 by a load to the roller 44 coupled coaxially to the driven pulley 42 is coupled, the load state of the load roller 46 A controller 48 such as an electromagnetic brake for controlling is connected to the load roller 46 by a belt 50, and the rotation detection sensor 52 which detects the rotation of the load roller 46 on one side of the load roller 46. It includes, the drive pulley 38, the driven pulley 42, the roller 44, the load roller 46, the load controller 48, etc. are installed in the case 54, each of the pulleys and rollers The shaft is, of course, supported by the sliding bearing or the rolling bearing.

The driving pulley 38 is coupled to a plurality of sensors (not shown) for detecting the rotation angle and the rotation number of the driving pulley. The load roller, the roller, the rotation detection sensor and the load controller may be coupled to the driving pulley 38 side so as not to use the belt 40.

The shoulder wearing part 14 includes a connecting rod 56 hinged to the drive shaft 37 of the load providing part 12 so that the user swings in one direction when the user bends the upper body. It is fixed to the center portion and the shoulder holding means 16 comprises a frame 58 fitted to both ends thereof. The shoulder holding means 16 is slidably fitted to the frame 58 and fixed.

The shoulder holding means 16 includes a slider (60.60 ') slidably fitted to both ends of the frame (58), and a fixing member for fixing the sliders (60, 60') to the frame (58). 62, 62 '), bent plates 64, 64' bent in a c-shape fixed to the lower side of the sliders 60, 60 'to fit on the fore and back of the user's shoulder, and to the user's body. The distance between the plurality of contact pads (66.66 ') attached to the inner surface of the bent plate (64.64') and the close contact pads close to the user's fore and back according to the user's buildup And a spacing device 68 (shown in FIGS. 6 and 7) coupled to the bent plates 64, 64 'to adjust.

As shown in Figure 5, the upper end of the connecting rod 56 and the lower end of the drive shaft 37 is coupled by a male and female flange and hinged to the pin 70.

The frame 58 is a rectangular rod in the form of a plate, and the front and rear surfaces 58a form a curved surface so that both ends are bent forward to fit a curved surface extending from the back of the human body to both shoulders.

The adhesive pads 66 and 66 'are foamed synthetic resin materials foamed with a polyurethane resin, polyethylene resin, polystyrene resin, vinyl chloride resin, and the like, and have elasticity and cushioning properties. The contact pads 66 and 66 'are attached to the inner side of the web portion 64a and the flange portions 64b and 64b' of the bending plate 64, respectively. At this time, the close contact pad coupled to one of the flange portions 64b and 64b 'is attached to the inner surface of the spacing adjuster 68.

The spacing adjuster 68 is fixed to an outer surface of the flange portion 64b, a bolt rod 72 protruding to the outside, a nut 74 screwed to the bolt rod 72, and the flange portion. It is composed of a bracket (76) sandwiched between the bolt rod (72) and sandwiched between (64b) and moves in accordance with the tightening of the nut (74). The adhesion pad 66 is attached to a surface protruding inwardly of the flange portion 64b from the bracket 76.

On the other hand, as shown in the control block diagram of FIG. 13, the base 18 of the main body 10 includes a control unit 100 for controlling the load amount of the load applying unit and / or the length of the post, the gender of the exerciser, The control panel 78, which includes a key input button 110 for inputting data such as weight and a display unit 120 for displaying the rotational state and the exercise state of the shoulder wearing portion, is supported and installed by the support rod 80. It is. In FIG. 13, the rotation angle detection unit 130 and the rotation number detection unit 140 use a plurality of sensors not shown in the load providing unit 12 to detect the rotation angle and the rotation number of the shoulder wearing unit 14. Indicates.

When adjusting the upper body rotation exercise device of the present invention, all the adjusting portion to adjust to fit the user's body may be configured to drive and transport means to adjust by operating the key of the control panel (78).

8, 9A and 9B show a state in which the user exercises with the upper body rotation exercise device according to the present invention when the user M is trained to rotate the upper body standing in the swing position of golf. Figure 8 shows the side of the user wearing the upper body rotational exercise device of the present invention, Figure 9a shows the front of the user wearing the upper body rotational exercise device of the present invention.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9A, the user stands with his upper body bent and wears the shoulder holding means 16 on both shoulders. In this case, tighten the nut 74 appropriately to adjust the distance between the contact pad attached to the flange portion 64b of the bending plate 64 and the contact pad attached inside the bracket 76 of the spacer 68. Fit to the body When the user bends the upper body, the connecting rod 56 is rotated about the pin 70 to fit in a bent state. The protruding length of the second end post 22 or the third end post 24 is adjusted to the height of the user, while the protruding length of the buttock posterior restraint plate 26 is adjusted to support the buttocks of the user. Both side restraining members 30. 30 'are adjusted by the fixing member 34 to support both sides of the user's buttocks.

The protruding length of the second stage 22 and the third stage 24 and the protruding length of the buttock posterior restraint plate may be adjusted by driving a conveying means (not shown) by operating a key of the control panel 78. Manual adjustment

As described above, when the user rotates the upper body, as shown in FIG. 9B, the user rotates the load to the load providing unit 12 through the connecting rod 56. The load and the load set through the control panel are transmitted to the user by the load roller 46 and the load controller 48 to exercise the appropriate load. While the user rotates the upper body, the buttock rear restraint plate 26 and the buttock both side restraining members 30 and 30 'restrain the lower body of the user so that they do not move. That is, the buttocks posterior rear restraint plate 26 prevents the hips of the user from being pushed backward, and the hips both sides restraint members 30 and 30 'prevent the hips of the user from inclining to both sides, thereby increasing the effect of the exercise.

Hereinafter, the process of exercising with the upper body rotation exercise device of the present invention will be described according to the flowchart of FIG. 12 and the control block diagram of FIG.

The user first takes a posture and checks the initial menu through the display unit 120 while wearing the shoulder wearing unit (steps 200 and 210). At this time, the initial menu is set by the program embedded in the control unit 100 of the control panel and is a menu such as exercise mode, exercise time, and load.

Next, the user's gender, weight, and exercise time are input through the key input button 110 (step 220), and the start button is pressed to start the exercise (step 230). When the user inputs gender and weight in step 220, an appropriate load amount is set according to a program in the controller 100.

When the need for load adjustment is felt during the exercise, the load is controlled by the key manipulation (step 240 and 250), and the exercise is performed with the changed load (step 260). When it is time to end the exercise, or if you want to end the exercise in the middle of the exercise by pressing the stop button to end the exercise (step 270).

The rotation angle and the number of rotations of the upper body during the exercise are displayed on the display unit 120 by signals input from the rotation angle detection unit 130 and the rotation number detection unit 140 to the control unit 100. Then, the rotation detection sensor 52 detects the number of revolutions of the load roller 46 and displays the load on the display unit 120 by inputting by the control unit 100, the load is reset through the key input button of the control panel The signal is transmitted to the load controller 48 so that the load amount is changed by the load roller under the control of the load controller 48.

10, 11A and 11B show a state in which the user exercises with the upper body rotation exercise device according to the present invention when the user M is trained to sit on the chair (C) to rotate the upper body. Figure 10 shows the side of the user wearing the upper body rotation exercise device of the present invention, Figure 11a shows the front of the user wearing the upper body rotation exercise device of the present invention. FIG. 11B is a state in which the user rotates the upper body in FIG. 11A. Since the process of the user's posture by wearing the shoulder wearing part 14 and the process of exercising are the same as when standing and exercising, the description is omitted.

On the other hand, patients in rehabilitation exercise is preferably to exercise without bending the upper body by pulling the chair forward. Of course, you can exercise by bending your upper body.

On the other hand, the present invention controls the load amount, the number of revolutions and the rotation angle by a variety of methods, such as the known magnetic method, belt friction type, overcurrent control method, and alternator method, as well as the control method by the configuration of the load providing unit 12 You may. In addition, the load applying unit may be provided in the base 18 of the main body.

According to the upper body rotation exercise apparatus according to the present invention, by the golfers or rehabilitation exercisers to exercise the upper body to fit the body conditions, such as body shape and weight effectively enhance flexibility and strength and increase the effect of rehabilitation exercise.

Claims (8)

With the body, A load providing unit coupled to the main body to give a load to the user when the user exercises the upper body to rotate; As the user rotates the shoulder, the upper body rotational movement having a shoulder holding means fitted to the shoulder so that the load is applied to the user by the load-providing unit, and the shoulder wearing unit coupled to the load-providing unit pivotably. Instrument. The method of claim 1, The shoulder wearing part upper body rotation exercise device, characterized in that the hinge is coupled to the load-providing portion to swing in one direction when the user bends the upper body. The method of claim 1, The shoulder wearing part includes a connecting rod connected to the load providing unit, and a frame in which the connecting rod is fixed to a central portion thereof and the shoulder holding means is fitted at both ends thereof. The shoulder holding means is a sliding upper body movement mechanism characterized in that the sliding is fitted to the frame. The method of claim 3, The shoulder holding means, A slider slidably fitted to both ends of the frame; A fixing member for fixing the slider to the frame; A bending plate bent in a c-shape fixed to the lower side of the slider to be fitted on the upper side of the shoulder of the user and closely attached to the front chest and the back; A plurality of contact pads attached to the inner surface of the bending plate to closely contact the user's body without pain; Upper body rotation exercise device, characterized in that consisting of a gap adjusting device coupled to the bending plate to adjust the distance between the close contact pads according to the user's physique. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The main body, The base, and the post is made up from the base, The load applying portion is provided above the post, The post is a upper body rotational exercise equipment, characterized in that the length is adjustable by combining a plurality of stages to adjust the height according to the height of the user. The method of claim 5, The upper body rotational exercise mechanism, characterized in that the post is coupled to the buttock rear restraint member to restrain the buttocks of the user from being pushed back. The method of claim 5, The post is upper body rotational exercise mechanism, characterized in that coupled to both buttocks of the buttocks to restrain the hips of the user do not swing to both sides. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, In the main body, Control means for controlling the load amount and / or the length of the post of the load grant unit, input means for inputting data such as the gender, weight of the exerciser, and display means for displaying the rotational state and exercise state of the shoulder wearing portion, etc. To, the upper body rotational exercise equipment characterized in that the control panel is coupled.