Fitness equipment with multimedia player

Abstract

The present invention is a method and system of providing fitness equipment, such as a yoga mat, balance ball, yoga block, abs ball, pilates roller, etc., with multimedia playing capabilities. The multimedia workout guides and exercise programs that were tailored to the fitness equipment can be preloaded with that equipment to provide a convenient one-stop fitness exercise experience to the users. The multimedia system is installed into a single hard-case. The hard-case is embedded into the fitness equipment by way of fastening to a housing or a simple slot in an embedded case of the fitness equipment. The multimedia system is also detachable from the housing or the equipment. The multimedia system comprises a speaker unit, a memory unit, an interface unit, a display unit, a power unit and a processing unit. The multimedia system can be operated with replaceable battery, solar cells, AC power or DC power.

1 . A fitness equipment combination comprising:
 an electronics multimedia system; and   a fitness equipment element.   
     
     
         2 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment element is a yoga mat. 
     
     
         3 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment element is a balance ball. 
     
     
         4 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment element is a yoga block. 
     
     
         5 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment element is a pilates roller. 
     
     
         6 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment element is a abs ball. 
     
     
         7 . The fitness equipment combination of  claim 1 , wherein said fitness equipment element has an embedded case, housing said electronics multimedia system. 
     
     
         8 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 7 , wherein said electronics multimedia system and wiring thereof is housed in said embedded case. 
     
     
         9 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 7 , wherein said embedded case is fastened to said fitness equipment element by elastic strap, zipper, or alternatively by tape or buttons. 
     
     
         10 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 8 , wherein said embedded case has a slot housing said electronics multimedia system. 
     
     
         11 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 7 , wherein said embedded case and said electronics multimedia system are detachable from said fitness equipment element. 
     
     
         12 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 7 , said fitness equipment element further comprises a secondary embedded case housing the electronics multimedia system. 
     
     
         13 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 2 , wherein said yoga mat has at least one embedded case fastened to either or both ends of the yoga mat or alternatively to either or both side of the yoga mat. 
     
     
         14 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 1 , wherein said electronics multimedia system comprises solid-state memory, solid-state memory adaptor/slot, processing unit, user-interface, power input and audio unit. 
     
     
         15 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said audio unit is formed of at least one speaker unit. 
     
     
         16 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said audio unit is formed of at least one external wireless earphone. 
     
     
         17 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said audio unit is formed at least one external wireless earphone. 
     
     
         18 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said electronics multimedia system further comprises at least one display. 
     
     
         19 . The fitness equipment combination of  claim 1 , wherein said electronics multimedia system is a self operating system able to store and play multimedia contents. 
     
     
         20 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 19 , wherein said multimedia contents are comprised of sounds, speech, music, video, subtitles, or other media. 
     
     
         21 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 20 , wherein said multimedia contents are comprised of music and work out instructions. 
     
     
         22 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said solid-state memory uploads said electronics multimedia system with multimedia contents. 
     
     
         23 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said user-interface comprises controls for power on/off, playback control, program selection, volume control, brightness control, or the likes. 
     
     
         24 . The fitness equipment combination in  claim 14 , wherein said power input accepts power input from a replaceable battery, rechargeable battery, solar cells, AC power or DC power.