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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Life Fitness, Llc, Franklin Park, IL (US);
Tracy Barrett, Tulsa, OK (US);
Cory H. Lazar, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Juliette C. Daly, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Life Fitness, LLC, Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An exercise machine for assisting a user in targeting a muscle for an exercise motion. A sensor detects a current use condition while the user performs the exercise motion. The current use condition is one of multiple use conditions. A current activation level of the muscle changes within the multiple use conditions. A control system is operatively coupled to the sensor and is configured to determine the current activation level of the muscle based on the current use condition detected by the sensor, receive a desired activation level of the muscle, and determine a recommended use condition within the multiple use condition to cause the muscle to be at the desired activation level for performing the exercise motion, and to notify the user of the recommended use condition and/or automatically cause the exercise machine based on the recommended use condition, respectively, to assist the user in targeting the muscle.