Patent ID: 7063647
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A treadmill sled for controlling and assessing a training regimen for a plurality of user athletes, comprising: a frame; a rotatable continuous belt mounted on the frame, the belt presenting an upward directed support surface for supporting at least one of the plurality of user athletes; a user athlete training apparatus supported proximate the continuous belt and being operably coupled to the frame by a support; a blocking dummy operably coupled to the user athlete training apparatus, the blocking dummy comprising a potentiometer sensor for sensing compression from the at least one of the plurality of user athletes against the blocking dummy; and a programmable automated control and assessment system, the system having a processor adapted to process training parameter settings to control the training regimen for the plurality of user athletes, the parameter settings defining at least the number of repetitions for the plurality of user athletes and the resting periods between repetitions for the plurality of user athletes, the processor operably coupled with the belt to retrieve data to measure the at least one user athlete's distance traveled, wherein the automated control and assessment system further measures the response time of at least one of the plurality of user athletes against the blocking dummy and the maximum force against the blocking dummy by the at least one of the plurality of user athletes.