Patent ID: 7614984
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of performing an assisted abdominal exercise with a hand-held exercise device having a sheave that is rotatable about an axis, left and right handles connected to the sheave at diametrically opposed locations relative to the axis, and a flexible member having a first end portion secured to the sheave, and an opposite, second end portion releasably secured to one's left and right feet, comprising the steps of: grasping the handles in one's respective left and right hands and lifting the sheave; and while holding the sheave in space with the flexible member extending directly from the sheave to an opposite, second end portion of the flexible member that is secured to one's left and right feet, rotating the sheave about the axis to wind the flexible member onto the sheave and pull one's upper torso and said one's feet toward one another.