Claims
- 1. The method of exercise, comprising the steps of
- a- exerting a progressively increasing force against a predetermined increasing resistance, said increasing resistance having an increasing rate of increase,
- b- exerting a progressively decreasing force against a predetermined progressively decreasing resistance, said decreasing resistance having a decreasing rate of decrease,
- c- repeating step (a) and then repeating step (b),
- wherein said increasing resistance is provided by an articulated weighted member having a first end and a second end and interconnected sections capable of being progressively and repeatedly lifted directly from an initial position on a support surface and returned to said initial position, said interconnected sections having an increasing weight per unit length along at least a portion of their length from said first end to said second end.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said resistance increases relative to increasing mechanical advantage of the user's muscle and said resistance decreases relative to decreasing mechanical advantage of the user's muscle.
- 3. The method of exercise, comprising the steps of
- a-exerting a progressively increasing force against a predetermined progressively increasing resistance, by lifting an articulated weighted member having a first end and a second end and interconnected sections capable of being progressively and repeatedly lifted directly from an initial position on a support surface and returned to said initial position, said interconnected sections having an increasing weight per unit length along at least a portion of their length from said first end to said second end thereby producing said predetermined progressively increasing resistance, said progressively increasing resistance having an increasing rate of increase,
- b-exerting a progressively decreasing force against a predetermined progressively decreasing resistance by lowering said articulated weighted member to said initial position, thereby producing said predetermined progressively decreasing resistance, said progressively decreasing resistance having an increasing rate of decrease,
- c-repeating step (a) and then repeating step (b).
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/418,085, filed Oct. 6, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,949,955, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/221,338, filed Jul. 19, 1988, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/931,836, filed Nov. 18, 1986, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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