Patent ID: 6659921
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise device, comprising:a harness adapted to fit about a torso of a user, the harness comprising: a waist member having a right side and a left side; and a shoulder member having a first side and a second side; a first resistive member having two ends, each end having coupled thereto a gripping means; a second resistive member having two ends, each end having coupled thereto a gripping means; first means for stabilizing the first resistive member at one end to permit tension to be produced in the first resistive member when the other end thereof is pulled, the first stabilizing means comprises a tube having two ends sized to exclude the gripping means from entering, wherein one end of the first tube is positioned proximate the first side of the shoulder member and the other end is positioned proximate the right side of the waist member; and second means for stabilizing the second resistive member at one end to permit tension to be produced in the second resistive member when the other end thereof is pulled, the second stabilizing means comprises a tube having two ends sized to exclude the gripping means from entering, wherein one end of the second tube is positioned proximate the second side of the shoulder member and the other end is positioned proximate the left side of the waist member; wherein the first resistive member is received within the first tube and the second resistive member is received within the second tube.