Patent ID: 7753825

Claim:
A method of facilitating a fully contracted exercise regimen for a subject, the method comprising: (A) receiving medical health information of said subject; (B) developing one or more exercise constraints as a function of the medical health information of said subject; (C) receiving the one or more exercise constraints at an exercise apparatus, the apparatus comprising a strain gauge; (D) imposing or monitoring with the strain gauge the one or more exercise constraints during the subject's performance of a plurality of fully contracted exercises using the exercise apparatus in the presence of a fitness trainer or health professional who is not assigned to any other subjects during this step; (E) computing an exercise result, the exercise result comprising information about a force measured by the strain gauge during the subject's performance of the plurality of fully contracted exercises; (F) based upon the exercise result, determining a mandatory recovery period for said subject after step (D) during which time said subject is not to perform said plurality of fully contracted exercises; (G) based upon the exercise result, developing one or more refined exercise constraints; and (H) repeating steps (D) and (E) based on the one or more refined exercise constraints.