Patent ID: 6908415
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A method of exercise using bilateral movements for building and strengthening a targeted muscle group of a body of a user comprising the steps of: providing a slide board for set up upon a floor area and having a top surface, the top surface having a low coefficient of friction; providing at least two sliding pads, each of the at least two sliding pads having a bottom surface with a low coefficient of friction for sliding across the top surface of the slide board and having a top surface dimensioned to receive at least one of a hand, elbow, foot, and knee; positioning at least two extremities of the user onto the corresponding at least two sliding pads wherein the at least two extremities are one of two hands, two elbows, two feet, two knees and any combination thereof; and contracting and relaxing the target muscle groups in each of the at least two extremities so as to maneuver the at least two sliding pads across the top surface of the slide board in a slide pattern such that the at least two extremities of the user are capable of moving in at least two anatomical planes while at the same time the body of the user is capable of maintaining its original position and wherein the at least two anatomical planes are at least two of a sagittal plane, a frontal plane, a transverse plane, and an oblique plane; wherein a combination of both upper extremities and both lower extremities are positioned onto the corresponding sliding pads such that the user may maneuver the sliding pads by utilizing functional movements.