Total body conditioning system

Abstract

A total body conditioning system has been developed for conditioning the muscles of a user's body and improving balance. The system includes a bench, a skid-resistant mat, a physio ball, a weight rack assembly supporting muscle conditioning equipment such as hand-held weights, medicine balls, ankle bungees, and bungee rods, and an instructional video (e.g. DVD) for instructing a user how to use the system.

1 . A body conditioning system comprising a bench, an elastic band assembly operably attached to the bench, a skid-resistant mat, at least a first ball having a diameter in the range of about 18 inches to about 50 inches, a weight rack assembly comprising a plurality of hand-held weights, and at least one instructional video for instructing a user how to use the system.  
   
   
       2 . The body conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the bench comprises: 
 (a) a rigid frame adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface, the rigid frame having a first end and a second end;    (b) a rigid shaft having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends each having a rigid projecting member projecting towards the supporting surface at a 90 degree angle from the shaft, the projecting member of the first end movably mounted to the first end of the rigid frame and the second end movably mounted to the second end of the rigid frame by a mounting means;    (c) a body support having a first portion that is rigidly mounted to the shaft and a second portion that is movably attached to the shaft by an attachment means, the second portion of the body support movable between a horizontal position which is planar relative to the first portion of the body support, and a vertical position which is at a 90 degree angle from the first portion of the body support,    wherein the rigid shaft and body support can be simultaneously moved in a vertical orientation to increase or decrease the height of the body support from the supporting surface;    (d) a board removably attached to either the first end or the second end of the rigid frame by an attachment means; and    (e) an elastic band assembly comprising an elastic band holder removably mounted to the first end of the shaft and an elastic band partially disposed within the band holder and having two ends, each of the two ends connected to a handle for grasping and pulling the elastic band.    
   
   
       3 . The conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the skid-resistant mat provides a pliable surface for a user's body disposed thereupon and is adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface.  
   
   
       4 . The conditioning system of  claim 1 , further comprising at least a second ball having a diameter in the range of about 5 inches to about 18 inches.  
   
   
       5 . The conditioning system of  claim 4 , wherein the at least second ball having a diameter in the range of about 5 inches to about 18 inches is a medicine ball.  
   
   
       6 . The conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hand-held weights each weigh in the range of about 3 pounds to about 25 pounds.  
   
   
       7 . The conditioning system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one instructional video is a DVD.  
   
   
       8 . A method for conditioning muscles and improving balance, the method comprising the steps of: 
 a) providing a body conditioning system comprising a bench, an elastic band assembly operably attached to the bench, a skid-resistant mat, at least a first ball having a diameter in the range of about 18 inches to about 50 inches, a weight rack assembly comprising a plurality of hand-held weights, and DVD's; and    (b) using the body conditioning system.