Exercise device for cross training
View Patent ↗An exercise device includes one or more foot supports movable along an arcuate path defined around a point of rotation. The arcuate path is divisible into machine defined user selectable arc segments and the movement of the foot support(s) is limited to the machine defined user selected arc segment. The exercise device can include a frame, a linkage movably engaged with the frame, a foot support movably engaged with the linkage, a crank arm movably engaged with the frame, a motor operative to move the crank arm location with respect to the frame, and a drive linkage movably engaging the linkage.
1. Method of performing an exercise by an exerciser having two feet on an exercise machine having a foot support, for each foot of the exerciser, suspended on a frame via a linkage assembly wherein the linkage assembly is interconnected to a resistance mechanism for back and forth resisted movement of each foot support on the frame and the
exercise machine defines an arcuate path along which each foot support travels according to a defined interconnection of the linkage assembly to the resistance mechanism wherein the interconnection of the resistance mechanism to the linkage assembly is adjustable to limit travel of each foot support to a selected segment of the arcuate path, the method comprising
adjusting the interconnection of the resistance assembly to the linkage assembly to select a first segment of the arcuate path as the path of travel of each foot support prior to the beginning of an exercise cycle; and
driving each foot support with a foot of the exerciser back and forth along the selected first segment of the arcuate path during an exercise cycle in opposition to resistance exerted on each foot support by the resistance assembly.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting the interconnection of the resistance assembly to the linkage assembly to select a second segment of the arcuate path subsequent to driving one of the foot supports through the first segment and driving each foot support with a foot of the exerciser through the second segment.