Patent ID: 7717825
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. For use with an exercise apparatus that a user operates to perform an exercise activity having multiple muscular phases, a method for coaching the user with an electronic coaching device, the method comprising: determining that the exercise activity should be performed according to a first muscular phase; providing a first user perceptible output from the coaching device to prompt the user to operate the exercise apparatus according to the first muscular phase; determining that the exercise activity should be performed according to a second muscular phase that differs from the first muscular phase; and providing a second user perceptible output from the coaching device to prompt the user to operate the exercise apparatus according to the second muscular phase, wherein the second user perceptible output differs from the first user perceptible output, wherein the muscular phases are selected from the group consisting of an isokenetic, an osometric, a concentric, and an eccentric muscular phase.