Fitness system, fitness assembly arrangement and functional fitness elements

Abstract

A suspension training based functional fitness element (11, 31) comprising: an essentially planar element (22) having an upper edge, a lower edge and two side edges, said planar element (22) being designed to form a pivotable connection to a support element (32) along said upper edge of the planar element (22), a first elongated element (23, 32, 52) connected to said planar element (22) at a first connection point at said lower edge of the planar element (22), a second elongated element (23, 32, 52) connected to said planar element (22) at a second connection point at said lower edge of the planar element (22), and a first and second handle (24), said first and second handle (24) being connected to said first and second elongated elements (23) respectively, whereby that said first and second connection points are arranged such that there is a horizontal offset between the first and second connection points and such that there is a vertical offset between the first connection point and the pivotable connection and a vertical offset between the second connection point and the pivotable connection.

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         46 . A weight lifting based functional fitness element comprising:
 an elongated structure having a first end and a second end, and   a weight element designed to be lifted directly by a user,   said elongated structure being designed to be supported such that the first end is above the second end whereby the first end becomes an upper end and the second end becomes a lower end and such that an axis passing through the upper and lower ends of said elongated structure is arranged at an angle of less than 15 degrees, less than 10 degrees, or less than 5 degrees to the vertical, and   said weight element being displaceably fastened to the elongated structure such that the weight element is displaceable along the elongated structure,   wherein said elongated structure has a dimension perpendicular to said axis of less than 20 cm, less than 15 cm, or less than 10 cm.   
     
     
         47 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 46 , wherein said elongated structure is designed and supported at said upper and lower ends in such a way that the elongated structure is arranged essentially as a linear elongated structure between the upper and lower ends. 
     
     
         48 . The weight lifting based function fitness element according to  claim 46 , wherein said elongated structure comprises a flexible rope like portion. 
     
     
         49 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 46 , wherein said fitness element further comprises an elastic element arranged at said upper and/or lower end of said elongated structure, said elastic element being designed to allow the weight element to displace in a direction having a vector component which is perpendicular to the axis between the upper and lower ends of the elongated structure. 
     
     
         50 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 49 , wherein said elastic element is designed to allow said upper and/or lower end of said elongated structure to elastically displace along a vector having a vector component which is parallel to the axis passing through said upper and lower ends. 
     
     
         51 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 46 , wherein said fitness element further comprises a shock absorbing member which is designed to absorb kinetic energy from the weight element when it is dropped from a position on the elongated structure which is located above the lower end. 
     
     
         52 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 51 , wherein said shock absorbing member comprises a spring and a dampening mechanism. 
     
     
         53 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 51 , wherein said shock absorbing member comprises a first spring and a second spring, said second spring being shorter than said first spring and having a higher spring coefficient than said first spring. 
     
     
         54 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 51 , wherein said shock absorbing member is arranged at the lower end of the elongated structure or at a lower side of the weight element. 
     
     
         55 . The weight lifting based functional fitness element according to  claim 46 , wherein said weight element comprises handles which are arranged on either side of the elongated structure.