WO2011083434A1 - Machine d'exercice de force d'un utilisateur - Google Patents

Machine d'exercice de force d'un utilisateur Download PDF

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WO2011083434A1
WO2011083434A1 PCT/IB2011/050061 IB2011050061W WO2011083434A1 WO 2011083434 A1 WO2011083434 A1 WO 2011083434A1 IB 2011050061 W IB2011050061 W IB 2011050061W WO 2011083434 A1 WO2011083434 A1 WO 2011083434A1
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Priority to EP11705252A priority patent/EP2521597A1/fr
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  • the present invention generally relates to the technical field of the machines for the power exercise, for sport as well as for medical purpose, and particularly relates to a machine for the power exercise of a user.
  • the invention further relates to a modification kit and a method for obtaining such machine starting from a standard existing machine for power exercise.
  • the invention further relates to a method and a software product for controlling the machine.
  • the known machines for the power exercise of a user for simply sport or for medical purpose, generally comprise a rocker movable by a user to make a work and a load connected to the rocker suitable to oppose the work of the user.
  • the rocker is moved by the user along predetermined paths, defined by the machine.
  • the load against which the user works is fix, and generally preset by the user before the exercise. This involves the need of a trainer who follows the exercise, so as to verify its correct execution and efficacy, and a high level of risks of physical damages, as distortions, muscular strains or the like, due to excessive loads.
  • an apparatus for the power exercise of a user comprising a device to increase or decrease the load even during the exercise.
  • the user is provided with a control panel having a series of controls, to be voluntarily operated by the hands or the foots, to increase or decrease the weight to lift.
  • This known machine is to be used by trained users or in any case with a trainer, because the variation of the lifted weight is subordinate to the user's will. For the same reason, this known machine does not eliminate the ranger of physical damages for the user.
  • a main object of the present invention is to overcome, at least in part, the above drawbacks, by providing a machine for the power exercise of a user simple to manufacture and relatively cheap.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a machine for the power exercise of a user which can be used by everybody, even without the help of a trainer.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a machine for the power exercise of a user which minimizes or totally eliminates the dangers of physical damages for its users.
  • the machine may comprise a rocker movable by a user to make a work and a load connected to the rocker to oppose the work of the user.
  • the user acting on the rocker, makes a work against the load in a given time.
  • rocker or derivates thereof is intended to indicate an element, or an assembly of elements connected to one another, with which a user interacts directly or indirectly to make a muscular work.
  • load or derivates thereof is intended to indicate an element, or an assembly of elements connected to one another, suitable to generate the force against which the user makes the work.
  • the expression "work of a user” or derivates thereof is intended to indicate the work made by the user in the time unit against the load to move the rocker.
  • the work of the user defines the power by which the user opposes the load;
  • the rocker and/or the load may be installed on a load bearing support structure, or not.
  • the machine may be designed to monitor the work of the user and to automatically adjust the resistant load according to the detected work.
  • the machine according to the invention is suitable to automatically increase the load in response to the detection of the increase of the work and vice versa.
  • the machine comprise means to detect at predetermined time intervals, which may have any size, at least one first value of at least one parameter corresponding to the muscular work made by the user against the load.
  • the detected parameter may be, for example, the speed, or the acceleration of the execution of the exercise, or the force with which the user carries it out.
  • the work of the user may be monitored by controlling his physical parameters, for example his heart-beat or the frequency of muscular contraction/decontraction.
  • the detecting means may change according to the parameter to detect. Possibly, a plurality of parameters may be detected, simultaneously or not, for example force and speed.
  • the machine may further include at least on logical control unit settable with at least one second value of at least one parameter corresponding to a training reference work for the user.
  • the parameter to set may be, for example, the "ideal” performance speed or acceleration of the exercise, or the “ideal” force by which the user has to perform the exercise to train at best.
  • the "ideal" heart-beat may be set, which can be obtained by means of an electrocardiogram.
  • the setting may be made manually, for example by means of a touch-screen type display, or automatically.
  • the automatic setting may be made by means of a software program which reads from a memory unit, which may be integrated in the machine, one or more values of one or more parameters of the user, possibly preloaded into the memory unit by having the same user worked in standard conditions, and so sets the first logical unit, according to a predetermined algorithm.
  • the machine may be programmed in such a way that, before the exercise or anyway with predetermined periodic rate, it determines the values of interest, for example those of the force-speed curve, or the heartbeat, or the muscular contraction/decontraction frequency, by having the user worked in predetermined standard conditions suitable to detect such parameters.
  • the first logical control unit may be operatively connected with the detecting means to compare the work detected by these last ones with the reference work.
  • the first detected value has to be coherent with the second set value.
  • the detecting means are configured to detect the force with which the user makes the exercise, for example by means of a load cell, it is possible to set a second value of ideal speed of performance.
  • the first logical control unit provides to translate, by means of the values of the above mentioned force-speed curve, the set "ideal" speed value in an "ideal" force value, so as co compare with one another coherent quantities.
  • the machine may comprise regulating means, which may be operatively connected to the first logical control unit, acting on the load for automatically increase it in case the work detected by the detecting means is greater than the set reference work, and to automatically decrease it in case the detected work is lower than the set reference work.
  • regulating means which may be operatively connected to the first logical control unit, acting on the load for automatically increase it in case the work detected by the detecting means is greater than the set reference work, and to automatically decrease it in case the detected work is lower than the set reference work.
  • the machine may be used in complete safety by anyone, even without the help of a trainer. Every instant, in fact, the muscular work of the user tends towards the "ideal" training muscular work.
  • the machine according to the present invention adapts itself to the work of the user every instant.
  • the "ideal” work values may be two, so as to define an “ideal interval" within which the user can train.
  • the machine automatically "adapts” the load in case the user works outside the ideal work interval, that is below the minimum work or above the maximum work.
  • the machine may comprise a unit for the electro-magnetic stimulation of human muscles, which includes at least one inductor posittonable close to at least one muscle of the user, at least one power supply connected to the the inductor for the generation of at least one electromagnetic field and a generator of pulse current for the emission of current impulses having predetermined frequency and duration towards the inductor to cause the involuntary contraction and decontraction of the human muscle in proximity of which the inductor is put.
  • a unit for the electro-magnetic stimulation of human muscles which includes at least one inductor posittonable close to at least one muscle of the user, at least one power supply connected to the the inductor for the generation of at least one electromagnetic field and a generator of pulse current for the emission of current impulses having predetermined frequency and duration towards the inductor to cause the involuntary contraction and decontraction of the human muscle in proximity of which the inductor is put.
  • the first logical control unit may be operatively connected to the electromagnetic stimulation unit to automatically disconnecting the power supply in case the work detected by the detecting means coincides with a value of at least one parameter corresponding to a dangerous set work.
  • the machine may be lacking in the above described regulating means, or not.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of the machine 1 ;
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the machine 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view of some details of the machine 1 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a third embodiment of the machine 1 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a fourth embodiment of the machine 1 ;
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic view of some details of the machine 1 illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a fifth embodiment of the machine 1 ;
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a sixth embodiment of the machine 1 ;
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a seventh embodiment of the machine 1.
  • the machine according to the invention which is generally designated by the reference number 1 , is particularly suitable for the performance of a power exercise by a user, for sport as well as for medical/ rehabilitative purpose.
  • FIGS. 1 , 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 illustrate seven embodiments of the machine.
  • the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 is suitable to train the muscles of the upper part of the user's body, and particularly the pectoral muscles, whereas the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 is suitable to train the muscles of the legs of the user.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are similar to those in FIGG, 1 and 2, and differ from them in the manner in which the machine 1 continuously adapts the load to the work of the user.
  • the fifth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7 is suitable to train the muscles of the user's legs, and is conceptually similar to a classical "gym bike" which continuously adapts the load to the user's work.
  • the sixth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 8 is suitable to train the muscles of the upper part of the user's body, in particular the pectoral muscles, and differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 because it includes a unit for the electromagnetic stimulation of human muscles 90.
  • the seventh embodiment illustrated in FIG. 9 is suitable to train the muscles of the upper part of the user's body, in particular the pectoral muscles, and differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 because it lacks in the regulating means 60.
  • the machine 1 may comprise a support structure, in particular a load bearing frame 10 with a base 11 to be laid on the floor G, on which are mounted a rocker 20, movable by a user to make a work, connected to a load 30, suitable to oppose to the work of the user.
  • a support structure in particular a load bearing frame 10 with a base 11 to be laid on the floor G, on which are mounted a rocker 20, movable by a user to make a work, connected to a load 30, suitable to oppose to the work of the user.
  • the movement of the rocker 20 is guided.
  • the latter may comprise a slider 21 slidably mounted along a slide bar 22, which defines the axis X along which the movement of the rocker takes place, in the two senses indicated by the arrows F, and F 2 .
  • the rocker 20 may also be free, provided that it is connected to the load 30, without departing from the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims.
  • the bearing frame 10 of the first, third, sixth and seventh embodiment of the machine, illustrated in FIGS. 1 , 4, 8 and 9, may include a bench 12, which may be plane or inclined, on the upper surface 13 of which the user may lie down to grasp and move the slider 21 upward or downward.
  • the rocker 20 may comprise a substantially horizontal barbell 23, graspable by the user to make the exercise, rigidly connected to the slider 21 .
  • the rocker 20 of the second and fourth embodiment of the machine, illustrated in FIGS 2 and 5, may comprise a seat 24, on which the user may sit to move the slider 21 along the bar 22.
  • the bearing frame 10 may comprise a footrest plate 14, against which the user sitting on the seat 24 may push his feet to train.
  • the rocker 20 of the fifth embodiment of the machine may comprise a group of pedals-pedalcrank 25, which the user may set into rotatory motion around the axis Y.
  • the bearing frame may include a gym bike, not illustrated in figure because per se known, on which the user may sit to train.
  • the machine 1 is so configured as to automatically adapt itself to the user's work, to almost totally eliminate any risk of physical damages during the exercise.
  • control means may be provided, which may include detecting means 50 suitable to monitor the work of the user at predetermined time intervals, by detecting one or more parameters directly or indirectly connected to the same work, and a logical control unit 51 suitable to compare the detected value with one or more "ideal" reference training values manually set by the user, for example by means of a display, or automatically set by a software.
  • Regulating means 60 may be operatively connected to this logical control unit 51 , which act on the load 30 fir the automatic regulation thereof in response to the detection of a variation of the detected value from the preset or predetermined value or values.
  • the regulating means 60 may be designed to automatically increase the load 30 in case the work detected by the detecting means 50 is greater than the "ideal" reference work set on the logical control unit 51 and to automatically decrease the load 30 in case the detected work is lower than the set reference work.
  • the machine furthermore minimizes the risks of physical damages for the user, because if the work detected by the detecting means 50 is lower than the reference one, the machine automatically decreases the load.
  • the machine 1 may comprise motor means, generally indicated with 31 , suitable to generate a torque which defines the load 30.
  • the latter may comprise a brushless motor of the step type, so as to generate a torque also when not in motion without any danger of damages or breakings.
  • motion transmission means of the closed ring type may be provided.
  • the latter may comprise a ring shaped motion transmission 40, for example a rope, a belt, a band or a chain or the like, connected to the motor 31 by means of a toothed-wheel 42 keyed on the axis 32 thereof and to the rocker 20 by means of connecting means 41 , for example a couple of clamps welded to the slider 21.
  • a ring shaped motion transmission 40 for example a rope, a belt, a band or a chain or the like
  • connecting means 41 for example a couple of clamps welded to the slider 21.
  • One or more returning idle pulley 43 may be provided, too.
  • the parameter monitored by the control means for controlling the work of the user may be the speed and/or the acceleration imparted on the rocker 20 as a result of the user's work.
  • the detecting means 50 may be operatively connected to the rocker 20 to control the movement thereof determined by the user's work against the load 30, that is against the torque generated by the motor 31.
  • such detecting means may comprise an encoder 50', or an acceierometer, keyed on the axis 32 of the motor 31 to detect the speed Vt>, or the acceleration, of the rocker 20 in response to the work of the user.
  • control means may also include a first logical control unit 51 , operatively connected to the encoder 50', manually or automatically settable with at least one reference speed value V R and susceptible to compare at predetermined time intervals the speed value V B detected by the encoder 50' with the reference value V R to generate a first error signal 52 in case the two values do not coincide.
  • a first logical control unit 51 operatively connected to the encoder 50', manually or automatically settable with at least one reference speed value V R and susceptible to compare at predetermined time intervals the speed value V B detected by the encoder 50' with the reference value V R to generate a first error signal 52 in case the two values do not coincide.
  • FIGS 1 , 2, 3, 7 and 8 refer to a control made by two logical units 51 , 60, operatively connected each other.
  • the logical units 51 , 60 may interact with a software, which may be a single software program 100 suitable to interact with both these units 51 and 60.
  • the first logical unit may interact with the software subroutine 101 and the second logical unit may interact with the software subroutine 102.
  • each logical unit 51 , 60 may have a single software program implemented thereon.
  • the first logical unit 51 may be furthermore susceptible to incorporate in the first error signal 52 a first information 53 concerning the deviation V A between the detected speed V B and the reference speed V R , in other words whether and how much the speed imparted by the user to the rocker 20 is higher or lower than the ideal one.
  • the regulating means may comprise a second microprocessor logical unit 60 operatively connected to the first unit 51 and to the motor 31 , actionable by the first error signal 52 and susceptible to elaborate the first piece of information 53 to generate a second error signal 61 , to be transmitted to the motor 31 .
  • the second error signal 61 may incorporate a second information 62 concerning the deviation torque C A , calculated by the second logical unit 60 on the basis of the deviation speed ⁇ ⁇ , to be added to or to be subtracted from the speed presently delivered by the motor 31 .
  • the second error signal 61 indicated whether and how much power has to be delivered or subtracted to the motor 31 to increase or decrease the load 30.
  • the first and the second logical units 51 and 60 may belong to a single control unit PLC 70.
  • the first logical unit 51 and the regulating means 60 may belong to a single control card.
  • the machine adapts the load 30 to the work made by the user, in such a manner to increase it if the user makes a work greater than the ideal one and to decrease it if the user is making a work lower than the ideal one.
  • the speed values to set are individual parameters of the user, and vary depending from the training. For example, they may be fixed on the basis of an equivalence given by the "speed-force" curve after having let the user to work on the basis of a standard curve, according to techniques known by person skilled in that art.
  • this set may be defined manually, for example by means of a touch-screen display, or automatically, as above mentioned.
  • the value V r may be determined so as to correspond to the ideal work value for the development of the muscular mass and/or of the explosive force of the user. After determining this value, the PLC has to be set with such reference value V r , so that the system adjusts the load every time the user deviates from this value.
  • the PLC unit 70 it is possible to set the PLC unit 70 with a plurality of reference values, for example two, so to be able to choose every time the exercise type which is most suitable to one's needs.
  • the PLC 70 may be set two reference speed values, a first value corresponding to the ideal work value V r , m i n for the development of the muscular mass and a second value corresponding to the ideal work value for the development of the explosive force V. imax of the user.
  • the machine will adjust at every time the load so as to let the user work around one of these two values.
  • the PLC 70 it is possible to program the PLC 70 so as to induce the user to work in the speed interval between these two values V r , ma x, V r , m i n , or anyway in an interval between two ideal speed values so calculated that the exercise is effective for the user, decreasing the load 30 if the performance speed of the exercise detected by the encoder 50' is lower than the lower reference value V r , m m between the two and increasing it if the detected speed V b is higher than the higher reference value V r , max .
  • the machine adjusts the load to induce the user to work within the work interval which is ideal for the efficacy of the exercise, avoiding at the same time any muscular damages.
  • the first logical unit 51 with at least one dangerous speed value V s , corresponding to a limit value of work that the user can made in safe conditions. Also this value may be determined according to techniques known by the person skilled in that art.
  • means 80 may be provided to block the rocker 20, operatively connected with the logical unit 51 , if the speed value V b detected by the encoder 50' is equal to the value V 3 .
  • the blocking means 80 in response to the detection by the encoder 50' of a speed value V b equal to the value V 3 , may act on the motor means 31 to brake them, incidentally in a progressive way to avoid damages to the user.
  • the blocking means 80 may comprise a braking unit 81 susceptible to elaborate the error signal 82 coming from the first logical unit 51 , generated in response to the detection of a speed value V b equal to the value V 3 , and transmits a signal 83 of a possible progressive brake to the motor means 31.
  • the blocking means 80 may comprise alarm means 84 susceptible to elaborate the signal 82 coming from the first logical unit 51 and transmits a signal 85 for activating an alarm 86, for example of acoustic and/or visual type, so to warn the user of the danger.
  • the blocking means 80 may include restoration means to bring the rocker 20 back to its rest position.
  • restoration means may comprise a unit 87 susceptible to elaborate a signal 88 coming from the braking unit 81 and transmit to the motor means 31 a signal 89 to drive the automatic placing of the rocker 20.
  • the signal 88 is transmitted by the braking unit 81 after a time t, for example 1 -2 seconds, from the transmission of the braking signal 83 to the motor means 31.
  • the machine 1 In order to have the machine 1 memorize the pause position of the rocker 20, it is possible to perform, before the exercise, a movement followed by a voluntary pause of the user, at first with the compressed muscle and then with the elongated muscle.
  • the rest position may therefore correspond to the position of the elongated muscle, and may be voluntarily or automatically memorized in the PLC 70.
  • This movement of the user corresponds to the maximum stroke of the slider 21 , and is variable from one user to another one.
  • a couple of mechanical locks may be also provided, which are repositionable along the bar 22 in correspondence with the beginning and the end stroke of the slider 21.
  • the signal 89 then commands the motor 31 the reposition of the rocker 20 in the rest position preset on the PLC 70.
  • the danger speed value V s settable on the PLC 70 may be the minimum danger speed value V, !ni
  • V 3imln it is possible, alternatively or together with the value V 3imln , to set the PLC 70 with a maximum danger speed value V s>max , corresponding to the maximum work to be safely made by the user.
  • the first logical unit 51 may carry out a double control on the speed V b detected by the encoder 50', a first control to verify whether the speed V b is equal to the value V s , mln , or V 3imax , and incidentally to command to the blocking means 80 the blocking of the rocker 20 in the positive case and a second control to verify the deviation from the reference value V b , and incidentally to command to the regulating means 60 the adjustment of the load 30.
  • the PLC 70 may carry out two safety controls, the first one to verify whether the performance speed of the exercise is equal to V s , m i n) and the second one to verify whether it is equal to V Sima x, blocking the rocker 20 by means of the means 80 in the positive case.
  • the choice between the instantaneous or progressive stop commanded by the signal 83 to the motor 31 depends from different factors, and may be preset in the unit 81. In a first preferred but non-exclusive embodiment, it is possible to set the instantaneous or progressive braking independently from the detected value V b .
  • V b is equal to V 3itI1
  • V b is equal to V SitT)ax , it is possible to carry out a progressive braking, because performance speed of the exercise by the user is per se high, and an instantaneous braking may cause him some damages.
  • the signal 83 may command a braking ramp having more or less slope to the motor 31 itself, according to techniques known to the person skilled in that art.
  • the speed may be progressively reduced, for example at first one tenth, then one fifth of the preceding value and so on, until it corresponds to the value V s , m i n , after which the unit 81 , after the time t has passed, transmits the signal 88 to the unit 87 to bring the rocker 20 back to the rest position, at the same speed V 3 , m i n .
  • an endless screw 45 may be provided, which is keyed on the axis 32 of the motor 31.
  • the endless screw 45 is operatively connected to a pinion 46, which is rigidly connected to the rocker 20 by means of the metal bar 47.
  • the parameter monitored by the control means for controlling the work of the user may be the force the user exerts against the rocker 20.
  • the detecting means may comprise a load cell 50", which may be connected to the rocker 20, or not.
  • the load cell 50 in the embodiment of FIG. 4 the load cell 50" is connected to the rocker 20, whereas in the embodiment of FIG. 5 the load cell 50" is not connected to the rocker 20.
  • the regulation of the load 30 is carried out on the basis of force values and not of speed or acceleration values.
  • control is carried out by means of a single logical unit 51 which interacts with the software program 100.
  • the first logical control unit 51 operatively connected to the load cell 50" may be automatically or manually settable with at least one reference force value F r and susceptible to compare at predetermined time intervals the force value F b detected by the load cell 50" with the reference value F R to activate the regulating means 60, defined by a subroutine 102 of the computer program 1 00, in case the two values do not coincide.
  • the subroutine 102 calculates the deviation F A between the detected force F B and the reference force F R , in other words, whether and how much the force exerted by the user on the rocker 20 is greater or lower than the ideal one.
  • the subroutine 102 further calculates the deviation torque C&, incorporating it in a second error signal 61 destined to the motor 31 .
  • first logical unit 51 with at least one danger force value F 9 , and to set the blocking means 80 to block, incidentally in a progressive way, the rocker 20, operatively connected to the logical unit 51 , if the force value F B detected by the load cell 50" is equal to the value F 3 .
  • the running of the fifth embodiment of the machine 1 illustrated in FIG. 7 is similar to the running of the first and second embodiment, illustrated in FIGS 1 and 2. Also in this case, in fact, the machine adjusts the load on the basis of the speed values detected by the encoder 50 keyed on the axis of the motor 31, against which the user directly works.
  • the machine 1 may include a unit for the electromagnetic stimulation of the human muscles 90.
  • FIG. 8 is illustrated, as a non-limiting example, an embodiment of the machine 1 similar to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 , which includes the unit 90. It is however understood that the unit 90 may be coupled to any configuration of the machine 1 , and in particular to those according to the FIGS, from 2 to 7, without departing from the scope of the invention expressed by the annexed claims.
  • the machine which includes the unit 90 may not comprise the regulating means 60.
  • the machine which includes the unit 90 may be not configured to adjust the user's work to the ideal work.
  • the reference work to set, automatically or manually, on the logical unit 51 is the dangerous work.
  • the unit 90 may comprise at least one inductor 91 , positionable in proximity of at least one muscle of the user, at least one power supply 92, connected to the inductor for the generation of at least one electromagnetic field and a generator of pulse current 93 for the emission of current impulses having predetermined frequency and duration to the inductor 91 to cause the involuntary contraction and decontraction of the human muscle in proximity of which is put the inductor 91.
  • the unit 90 may be arranged according to the teachings of the US patent US6652443 and/or of the International application WO0225675, to which it is referred for consultation.
  • the first logical control unit 51 is operatively connected to the electromagnetic stimulation unit 90 for automatically disconnecting the power supply 92 if the work detected by the detecting means 50 coincides with the dangerous set work, whether it is V s or F s . It is also possible to set the unit 90 so that to have the generator of pulse current 93 generates current impulses having different frequency and durations according to whether the user is lifting the rocker 20, or whether he is letting it down.
  • a method for the control of the load 30 in the machine 1 is provided, which may be carried out by a software product, in particular by a software program 100.
  • the software product may include one or more memory supports, which may be fix, for example one or more hard disk, or removable, for example one or more floppy disks, CD or DVD, on which the program 100 is fixed. These memory supports may interact with the logical control unit 51 to control the load 30.
  • the software product may further comprise one or more integrated circuits belonging to the logical control unit 51.
  • the software program 100 may interact with both these units, or each unit 51 , 60 may have implemented its own software program.
  • the program 100 may include a first subroutine 101 susceptible to interact with the detecting means 50 to read the first value V B or F B detected by the detecting means 50 and to compare this first value V B or F B with the second reference value V R or F R .
  • the program 100 may further comprise a second operative subroutine 102, actionable by the first operative subroutine 101 if the compared values do not coincide.
  • the second operative subroutine may be designed to generate the first information 53, concerning the deviation ⁇ ⁇ or FA between the first value V b or F B and the second value V r or F R .
  • the second operative subroutine 102 may further elaborate the first information 53 and generate the second information 62 concerning the deviation 0 ⁇ to be added to or to be subtracted from the load 30.
  • the second information 62 may comprise a positive deviation C A if the first information 53 includes a positive deviation ⁇ ⁇ or F A , that is if the detected work is greater than the reference one, and a negative deviation 0 ⁇ if the first piece of information 53 includes a negative deviation ⁇ ⁇ or ⁇ ⁇ , that is if the first piece of information 53 includes a negative deviation, that is if the detected work is lower than the reference one.
  • the second operative subroutine 102 may furthermore elaborate the second information 62 to cause the increase of the load 30 if the second information 62 includes a positive deviation 0 ⁇ and to cause the decrease thereof if the second information 62 includes a negative deviation 0 ⁇ .
  • the second operative subroutine 102 practically defines the regulation means 60.
  • the regulation means 60 may be constituted by the subroutine 102.
  • the first subroutine 101 may interact with the logical unit 51 , or it may be implemented therein, whereas the second subroutine 102 may interact with the second logical unit 60, or it may be implemented therein.
  • the software program 100 may further include a third subroutine
  • the third operative subroutine 103 may furthermore interact with the blocking means 80 to activate them if the two compared values do not coincide.
  • a kit for obtaining the machine 1 through the modification of an existing standard machine for the power exercise which includes a rocker, a load, usually including a series of plates of predetermined weight, and a motion transmission element, usually of the rope or belt type, having a first end connected to the rocker and the other end connected to the load.
  • the kit may include the motor 31 , which may substitute the existing load, means for the rigid connection of the existing rocker to the motor 31 , for the substitution of the existing transmission element, the detecting means 50, the first logical control unit 51 and the regulation means 60.
  • the modification of the existing machine may further provide the connection thereto of the detecting means 50, of the first logical control unit 51 and of the regulating means 60.
  • the first logical unit 51 and, if present, the second logical unit 60 may belong to a single control unit PLC 70.
  • the kit may advantageously comprise the computer program 100.
  • kit it is possible to simply and quickly modify one or more existing standard machines for the power exercise, for example the standard machines present in a gymnasium or in a fitness center.
  • a further advantage of the machine according to the invention is the simplicity of manufacturing.
  • a further advantage of the machine according to the invention is the extreme training efficacy.
  • the invention is susceptible to many changes and variants, all falling within the inventive concept expressed in the annexed claims. All particulars may be replaced by other technically equivalent elements, and the materials may be different according to the needs, without departing from the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims.

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La présente invention concerne une machine pour un exercice de force d'un utilisateur, comprenant une bascule (20) pouvant être déplacée par un utilisateur pour amener un travail et une charge (30) associés à ladite bascule à s'opposer au travail de l'utilisateur. Des moyens de commande (50, 51) servent à surveiller le travail de l'utilisateur (Vb ; Fb) et leur comparaison avec au moins une valeur de référence (Vr ; Fr.) peut être réglée manuellement ou automatiquement. La machine comprend en outre des moyens de régulation (60) reliés fonctionnellement aux moyens de commande (50, 51) et agissant sur la charge (30) pour l'augmenter automatiquement dans le cas où le travail détecté est supérieur au travail de référence, et pour diminuer automatiquement la charge (30) dans le cas où le travail détecté est inférieur au travail de référence.
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