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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
William B. Priester, Jackson, TN (US);
Richard E. May, Birmingham, AL (US);
C. Bryan Dawson, Jackson, TN (US);
David A. Ward, Jackson, TN (US);
William B. Priester, Jackson, TN (US);
Richard E. May, Birmingham, AL (US);
C. Bryan Dawson, Jackson, TN (US);
David A. Ward, Jackson, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a muscle trainer and methods for exercising opposing muscles of a person moving an implement. If the opposing muscles were of appropriate strength, the opposing muscles would apply forces in opposite directions to the implement to assist in maintaining an ideal movement of the implement. The methods train the opposing muscles to consistently move the implement in an ideal way to accomplish the function. The methods include: (a) moving the muscle trainer through an actual motion; (b) determining a difference between the actual motion and an ideal motion, the difference indicating a dominating force direction in which the dominating muscles urge the muscle trainer; (c) applying an external force to the muscle trainer to urge the muscle trainer in the dominating force direction; and (d) using the non-dominating muscles to urge the muscle trainer against the external force to thereby exercise the non-dominating muscles.