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1. Field of the Invention
The invention is an apparatus which is useful for training the upper extremities of an individual with respect to certain sporting activities which require finger, hand, wrist, and forearm strength as well as general upper body strength. More specifically, the invention relates to the field of training devices and apparatuses intended to strengthen the upper extremities of rock climbers and the like. The apparatus of the invention uses resistance, realistic handholds, and a range of motion to train the fingers, hands, upper extremities, and upper body of the user in order to better enable them to partake in rock climbing and similar activities.
2. Background Art
Training equipment and programs for upper extremity sports, such as rock climbing, have been in existence for a number of years, and have been used with varying degrees of success. Such training programs generally seek to increase the upper extremity body strength of the person in order to increase strength to weight ratio, tone the muscles of the upper extremities, especially the fingers and hands, and to train the muscles in order to remain flexed and weight-bearing for increasing periods of time in the range of 30 seconds to 60 seconds or even longer.
As an example, simple torsion resistance handgrips have been suggested as one means for training the fingers, hands, wrists and forearms in preparation for rock climbing. While simple torsion resistance handgrips are easy to use, small and convenient, and can be carried so the training can occur at virtually any location, they lack the realistic feel and structure of the typical handhold structures encountered during actual rock climbing, and therefore do not provide an adequate job of training, especially, the finger muscles to grip and hold a typical rock climbing hold as would be encountered in either the gymnasium or outdoors rock climbing on, for instance, stone structures. Therefore, simple torsio