Patent ID: 6436019
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method of playing a competitive balance exercise game, comprising the steps of:(a) standing two participants in a desired spaced positional relationship to one another at the start of the game; (b) providing an elongated continuous rod having opposite end portions and a middle portion disposed between and attached with said opposite end portions, said middle portion and end portions coaxially aligned, and a pair of bodies of gripping material each disposed over and attached to one of said opposite end portions of said elongated rod, each of said bodies of gripping material having a sufficient length to constitute double hand grips that receive both hands of a participant, placing said elongated rod having opposite ends so that said rod extends between the two participants; (c) one of the participants gripping one end of the rod with both hands and the other of the participants gripping the other end of the rod with both hands; and (d) each of the participants moving both of their hands toward and away from their bodies while gripping the rod until a loss of balance is experienced by one of the participants.