Patent ID: 9669251
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An exercise apparatus for use by a human having first and second legs, comprising a vertical support, an arm assembly having first and second arms for respectively engaging outer sides of the first and second legs of the human, a coupling assembly for securing the arm assembly to the vertical support, the coupling assembly including a slide assembly for permitting the arm assembly to move vertically on the vertical support between an upper position and a lower position so as to facilitate alignment of the first and second arms with the first and second legs of the human as the human moves downwardly relative to the vertical support to a squat position and a pivot assembly for permitting the first and second arms to move between a contracted position when the first and second legs are extending alongside each other and an extended position when the first and second legs are pivoted away from each other, and a force-exerting device for urging the first and second arms towards the contracted position whereby gluteus maximus muscles of the human are exercised when the first and second legs of the human are pivoted away from each other against force of the first and second arms.