Patent ID: 7955220

Claim:
An apparatus for exercise coaching, the apparatus comprising: an exercise device arranged to accommodate an exercise activity having multiple muscular phases; and an electronic coaching device, connected to the exercise device, the electronic coaching device being arranged to determine that the exercise activity should be performed according to a first muscular phase, provide a first user perceptible output to prompt the user to operate the exercise device according to the first muscular phase, determine that the exercise activity should be performed according to a second muscular phase that differs from the first muscular phase, and provide a second user perceptible output from the coaching device to prompt the user to operate the exercise device according to the second muscular phase, wherein the second user perceptible output differs from the first user perceptible output, wherein the muscular phases are selected from the group consisting of an isokenetic, an osometric, a concentric, and an eccentric muscular phase.