Patent ID: 9168412
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A method of weight lifting, which comprises: (a) providing an exercise bar that is long enough to be gripped and held by both hands of a user with the user's hands being spaced apart from each other along the bar; (b) providing an adjustable exercise mass assembly that permits a user to select an exercise weight from among a plurality of choices of different exercise weights provided by the exercise mass assembly; (c) operatively connecting the bar to the exercise mass assembly such that the user selected exercise weight is coupled to the bar for use by a user in performing at least one weight lifting exercise of the type in which the user presses or lifts upwardly on the bar to lift the exercise weight; (d) establishing for a particular user a range of motion for a particular weight lifting exercise of the type that can be performed using the bar, wherein the range of motion comprises a vertical distance corresponding to vertical travel of the bar between a top raised position and a bottom lowered position of the bar which positions are determined by the particular user for use in performing the particular weight lifting exercise; (e) setting up the bar for performing the particular weight lifting exercise by pre-elevating before exercise begins a first portion of the exercise mass assembly that provides the selected exercise weight above a second portion of the exercise mass assembly that remains stationary during the particular weight lifting exercise by a vertical distance that is substantially equal to the vertical distance comprising the range of motion, wherein the pre-elevating of the first portion of the exercise mass assembly is separate from any elevating of the first portion of the exercise mass assembly that arises from the user performing repetitions of the particular weight lifting exercise; and (f) performing multiple repetitions of the particular weight lifting exercise subsequent to the pre-elevating that occurs in the step of setting up the bar with each repetition comprising lowering and lifting of the bar by the user from the top raised position of the bar to the bottom lowered position of the bar and back to the top raised position of the bar.