Fitness apparatus for training the human body

Abstract

A fitness apparatus for training the human body includes a support member having a fastening member arranged at a first end of the support member for fastening the support member to an overhead support structure, preferably to a ceiling of a room. The fitness apparatus includes a weight bar for receiving weights having a free end and a mounted portion and a bearing member receiving the mounted portion and connects the weight bar to a second end of the support member which is opposite the first end. The weight bar is movable in at least two planes including a plane which extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis y of the support member and a plane in which the longitudinal axis y of the support member extends. The support member has a length L H of at least 100 cm.

1 . A fitness apparatus for training the human body, comprising:
 a support member having a fastening member arranged at a first end of the support member for fastening the support member to an overhead support structure;   a weight bar for receiving weights having a free end and a mounted portion; and   a bearing member which receives the mounted portion of the weight bar and connects the weight bar to a second end of the support member which is opposite the first end;   wherein   the weight bar is movable in at least two planes, the at least two planes comprising a plane which extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis y of the support member and a plane in which the longitudinal axis y of the support member extends;   and wherein the support member has a length L H  of at least 100 cm.   
     
     
         2 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support member is flexible. 
     
     
         3 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support member is configured as a rope, band or belt or as a correspondingly mounted bar. 
     
     
         4 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the weight bar mounted in the bearing member is a rigid body, rotatably mounted about its longitudinal axis in the bearing member, and/or wherein the fitness apparatus is configured such that the weight bar has three rotational degrees of freedom, and two translational degrees of freedom. 
     
     
         5 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising a leveling counterweight, the leveling counterweight or the housing, respectively, having a weight of at least 5 kg. 
     
     
         6 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight bar comprises a displacement section extending over at least a portion of the length of the weight bar, along which the weights to be received are displaceable. 
     
     
         7 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the fitness apparatus additionally comprises an elastic band which is fixable to the weight bar and to an anchor member fastened to a fastening structure, so as to provide a resistance which is variable over the range of movement of the weight bar. 
     
     
         8 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the fitness apparatus additionally comprises an adjustment mechanism by means of which the length L H  of the support member is adjustable. 
     
     
         9 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight bar has a weight of at least 10 kg. 
     
     
         10 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight bar has a total length L G  of at least 1 m. 
     
     
         11 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 1 , additionally comprising at least one weight to be received by the weight bar. 
     
     
         12 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the weight is configured as a hollow cylinder having an outer diameter D and a length L Z , the length L Z  being greater than the outer diameter D. 
     
     
         13 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the weight is locked against rotation about a longitudinal axis of the weight bar and/or against axial displacement of the weight along the longitudinal axis of the weight bar, when the weight is received on the weight bar. 
     
     
         14 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 13 , comprising a receiving slide configured to be slid onto at least a portion of the weight bar and to be fixed to the weight bar and to at least partially receive the weight, wherein the receiving slide comprises at least one locking surface and the weight has at least one counter-surface, wherein the locking surface interacts with the counter-surface, when the weight is received on the weight bar, to substantially prevent rotation of the weight about the longitudinal axis of the weight bar. 
     
     
         15 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein the receiving slide comprises at least two locking surfaces and the weight comprises at least two counter-surfaces, the locking surfaces interacting with the counter-surfaces, when the weight is received on the weight bar, to substantially prevent rotation of the weight about the longitudinal axis of the weight bar. 
     
     
         16 . The fitness apparatus according to  claim 14 , comprising an axial locking member which is configure to be slid onto at least a section of the receiving slide and/or of the weight bar and to axially lock the weight at the receiving slide to substantially prevent axial displacement of the weight along the longitudinal axis of the weight bar, when the weight is received on the weight bar, the axial locking member having at least one counter-surface which substantially corresponds to the locking surface of the receiving slide.