Patent ID: 6059701
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An apparatus for exercising the lower back muscles of a user comprising:a frame;means mounted to said frame for resisting forward movement of the user's hips to direct the user's gluteus maximus muscles to a relaxed condition and means mounted to said frame for maintaining the user's knees in a flexed condition for directing the user's hamstring muscles to a relaxed condition, wherein said means for resisting forward movement of the user's hips to direct the user's gluteus maximus muscles to a relaxed condition includes a movement resisting member mounted to said frame and disposed for engagement by the front of the pelvic girdle area of a user to block substantial forward movement of the user when operating said apparatus;lever means mounted to said frame in a disposition for engagement by the upper back of a user for backward and forward user-induced movement of said lever means for exercise with the user's lower back muscles in isolation and with the user's gluteus maximus and hamstring muscles in relaxed condition; andresistance means operatively connected to said lever means for resisting said backward user-induced movement with a predetermined resistive force.