US 12,409,363 B2
Normalized isokinetic strength training performance and prescription
Brian Cygan, Wauconda, IL (US); Bradley Bundy, Montgomery, TX (US); and Kurt Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US)
Assigned to GYMBOT, LLC, Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed by Gymbot, LLC, Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,808.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/407,691, filed on Sep. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0091591 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 24/0062 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0065 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0071 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01); A63B 2220/17 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01); A63B 2220/30 (2013.01); A63B 2220/51 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system of an exercise machine for maximizing muscle recruitment through capability based concentric and eccentric training, comprising:
a communication interface;
at least one processor, operatively coupled to the communication interface;
at least one computer readable memory configured to communicate with the at least one processor, the computer readable memory having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, configured to:
establish a machine set-up, on the exercise machine, consistent with joint angle standards for a dynamic isokinetic resistance exercise on the exercise machine;
establish a machine position, on the exercise machine, for a prescribed joint angle position during an isometric force production evaluation exercise performed on the exercise machine;
calculate a maximum isometric effort at a prescribed joint angle for one or more exercises performed on the exercise machine;
calculate a baseline resistance level for at least one protocol using a combination of data obtained from the isometric evaluation and a user performance of an exercise set on the exercise machine, wherein the baseline resistance level calculation differs from relying solely on the isometric evaluation; and
convert a total effort recorded for a baseline dynamic exercise set into a predicted isometric maximum test value that is used as a normalizing metric to compare performance across different exercise protocols.