Claims
- 1. A portable aquatic/land weight training method comprising:
- providing a plurality of collapsible chamber members, each of said collapsible chamber member being comprised of: a pair of flexible end members joined by first and second flexible band members forming a water- and air-tight chamber, said first band member forming an opening through said collapsible chamber member, said opening having a diameter D so as to pass a bar therethrough, and a water valve and water valve closure member for selectively filling said collapsible chamber member with water and an air valve having an extendible air-fill neck and closure member for selectively filling said collapsible chamber member with air and
- selectively filling said collapsible weight training chamber members with:
- (a) air and mounting same on a bar or body part for use as an aquatic buoyancy resistance exercise, or
- (b) water and mounting same on a bar or body part for conventional weight training exercise.
- 2. The training method defined in claim 1 wherein said water-fill valve is mounted in one of said pair of flexible end members near a peripheral edge thereof so that, after filling with water, the water valve can be closed by grasping the water valve closure member and said peripheral edge by a pair of user's fingers to seal the water valve without significant expulsion of water.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention is based on provisional applications Ser. Nos. 60/039,561 filed Feb. 28, 1998; 60/039,562 filed Feb. 28, 1997 and 60/045,960 filed May 8, 1997.
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