Patent ID: 7384376

Claim:
An apparatus for training adjustment in sports, comprising: a motorized treadmill for which a running speed can be predetermined; a pulse measurement device configured to supply a measurement value of the heart rate of a test person; a control unit connected to the pulse measurement device, the control unit configured to control the running speed of the motorized treadmill, the control unit comprising: a module to determine a lactate balance point, the module comprising: a mechanism to successively increase the running speed in a training course; a mechanism to register a time curve of the heart rate; and a mechanism to determine the lactate balance point of the test person via evaluation of a dependency of the heart rate on the running speed; wherein the module is configured to establish the lactate balance point via determination of a transition heart rate which, given representation of the heart rate as a function of the associated running speed, characterizes the transition between a linear low-power range and a high-power range deviating therefrom.