Pneumatic exercise equipment

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Pneumatic exercise equipment or - machine is a device used for physical exercise. The difference to regular weights or exercise equipment is that the weight stacks, wires and other moving parts are replaced with a pneumatic cylinder which resistance can be adjusted with air pressure. Modern machines with repetition counters and electrical pressure valves promote precise training of certain muscle groups or a sector of physical functions affecting ones quality of life.^[1] Guidelines for health exercise ^[2] can also be the purpose of training which can be pursued and monitored by loading a training program to a Smart Card and accomplish exercises guided by machines themselves.

Benefits

• Switch operated and stable control of resistance
• Lack of inertia
• Higher training effect
• Increased reliability
• Safety (no moving stacks or wires)

History

Using pneumatic cylinders in exercise machines is rather new innovation.
First prototypes were born during the 80's and 90's being the finest equipment available (?surely more information needed here?}.

Links

• Keiser

• Numo

References