Designation:F2216−17aAnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforSelectorizedStrengthEquipment1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2216;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThegoalofthisspecificationistopromoteproperdesignandmanufacturingpracticesforselectorizedstrengthtrainingequipment.Throughthesespecifications,thisspecificationaimstoassistdesignersandmanufacturesinreducingthepossibilityofinjurywhentheseproductsareusedinaccordancewiththeoperationalinstructions.Theequipmentusermustrecognize,however,thatastandardalonewillnotnecessarilypreventinjuries.Likeotherphysicalactivities,exerciseinvolvingselectorizedstrengthtrainingequipmentinvolvestheriskofinjury,particularlyiftheequipmentisusedimproperlyornotproperlymaintained.Inaddition,userswithphysicallimitationsshouldseekmedicaladviceandinstructionfromthefitnessfacilitypriortousingthisequipment.Certainphysicalconditionsorlimitationsmayprecludesomepersonsfromusingthisequipmentasintendedbythemanufacturer,andusingthisequipmentmayincreasetheriskofinjury.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationestablishesparametersforthedesignandmanufactureofselectorizedstrengthtrainingequipmentasdefinedin3.1.1.2Itisintendedthatthesefitnessproductsbeusedinanindoorsettingorenvironment.1.3Itistheintentofthisstandardtospecifyfitnessproductsforuseonlybyindividualsage13andolder.1.4ThisstandardistobeusedinconjunctionwithSpeci-ficationF2276,TestMethodsF2571,andTestMethodF2277.1.5ThisstandardtakesprecedenceoverSpecificationF2276andTestMethodsF2571inareasthatarespecificoruniquetoselectorizedstrengthtrainingequipment.1.6Thisspecification2establishesadditionalrequirementsforthedesignofcommercialfitnessequipmentforusebypeoplewithfunctionallimitationsorimpairments.1.7ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.T...
