Patent ID: 8047971
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for exercising comprising: a plurality of barbells having left and right axial ends and a length, wherein at least one of the barbells has a length not more than 18 inches; a plurality of dumbbell sets, wherein each dumbbell set includes 2 dumbbells having approximately the same weight, and wherein each dumbbell includes a first weight, a second weight, and a handle having first and second axial ends, wherein the first and second weights are connected to the first and second axial ends of the dumbbell handle, wherein the first and second weights are cylindrical such that each weight has a length and a radius, wherein the length is at least as long as the radius, wherein at least one of the first and second weights comprises a connector weight, and wherein the connector weight includes a recess axial with the dumbbell handle; a plurality of quick connect connectors, wherein each quick connect connector includes a male portion and a female portion, and the male connector portions are received in the connector weight recesses, and wherein the female connector portions are received on the barbell axial ends, and wherein the female connector portions received on the barbell axial ends are dimensioned to enter the connector weight recesses and therein engage the male connector portions by direct pushing without rotation.