Patent ID: 8366589

Claim:
A method of training to improve an individual's start time in the forty yard dash, comprising the steps of (a) providing exercise equipment including (i) a base, (ii) a control housing mounted in said base and including a resistance system attachable to the individual, and an acceleration system attachable to the individual, (iii) first and second elongate leg structures, (iv) a belt shaped and dimensioned to be worn by the individual, (v) at least first and second elongate resilient elastic members each including a first end attached to said belt, and a second end attached to a different one of said elongate leg structures, said exercise equipment configurable in at least three different configurations, (vi) a primary configuration with said control housing mounted in said base in said resistance configuration, (vii) a secondary configuration with said control housing mounted in said base in said acceleration configuration, (viii) a tertiary configuration with said leg structures spaced apart, said first end of said first elastic member attached to said belt and said second end of said first elastic member attached to said first leg structure to tension said first elastic member, said first end of said second elastic member attached to said belt and said second end of said second elastic member attached to said second elongate leg structure to tension said second elastic member; (b) configuring said exercise equipment in said primary configuration; (c) attaching said resistance system to the individual for the individual to perform a resistance exercise; (d) detaching said resistance system from the individual; (e) configuring said exercise equipment in said secondary configuration; (f) attaching said acceleration system to the individual for the individual to perform an acceleration exercise; (g) detaching said acceleration system from the individual; (h) configuring said exercise equipment in said tertiary configuration; and, (i) mounting said belt on the individual to perform an exercise selected from one of a group consisting of a resistance exercise and an acceleration exercise.