Exercised device having an apparatus for monitoring and controlling the range of motion of the exercise device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In view of such problems of the prior art, a primary object of the present invention is to provide training equipment that is highly effective in developing athletic skills.
A second object of the present invention is to provide training equipment which the user can use without an instructor or coach.
A third object of the present invention is to provide training equipment which is effective in preventing an athlete or a person just starting in athletics from developing undesirable form.
These objects of the present invention can be accomplished by providing training equipment for developing the desired sport skills, comprising: means for defining a correct training pattern; means for inputting a subject training pattern of a user to the training equipment; means for detecting deviation of the subject training pattern from the correct training pattern; and means for indicating the deviation to the user substantially simultaneously as the user inputs the subject training pattern.
According to the training equipment of the present invention, the user can develop highly efficient muscle power with the correct form and distribution of power because the user is notified of any deviation from a correct from or a correct distribution of power substantially simultaneously.
This immediate feedback capability is an important part of the training equipment of the present invention.
Such an inventive concept can be implemented with a structure of training equipment comprising: a fixed part, a movable part that is movable by a user relative to the fixed part in a first direction corresponding to a correct training pattern and a second direction corresponding to a deviation from the correct training pattern; means for measuring the deviation of a movement of the movable part from the correct training pattern; and means for indicating the deviation measured by the measuring means to the user substantially simultaneously as the user moves the movable part and causes the deviation.
According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a progressively increasing or decreasing load or resistance is applied against movement of the movable part in the first direction with an increase in the deviation so that the user can readily perceive a deviation from a correct pattern, and learn the correct pattern more or less as a reflex