Patent ID: 6672991
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A guided instructional exercise system for individual exercise workouts, comprising:an exercise device that is adjustable by a user to require varying levels of exercise exertion by said user; timing means for establishing exercise time intervals for said user; means for sensing a pulse rate of said user while said user is exercising; virtual community means for imparting to said user a sense of being part of a community of exercisers; and motivational guidance means for providing instructions, varying exertion level criteria, and a time interval to said user such that said user may establish on said exercise device levels of exercise exertion customized according to said exertion level criteria suggested by said motivational guidance means, wherein said user must determine an individually appropriate level of exertion based on said exertion level criteria suggested by said motivational guidance means and the sensed pulse rate, and wherein said user must make any necessary adjustments to said exercise device, such that said exercise device supplies an appropriate level of exercise resistance to said user.