Patent ID: 7351157
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A muscle trainer for exercising muscles of a person moving the muscle trainer, wherein, if the muscles were of appropriate strength, the muscles would desirably apply forces to an implement to maintain the implement in a desired movement path as the implement is gripped and moved by the person in performing a useful or recreational function, the muscle trainer thereby training the muscles to consistently maintain the implement in the desired movement path during performance of the useful or recreational function, the muscle trainer comprising: a body having a shape and a weight distribution configured to simulate the shape and weight distribution of an implement selected from the group consisting of golf clubs, baseball bats, softball bats, tennis rackets, racket ball rackets, weight throwing devices, mauls and hammers; a grip structure: and a force generator disposed on the body and spaced away from the grip structure, the force generator positioned for urging the body to move with respect to the grip structure, the force generator comprising a motor coupled to a blade assembly.