Patent ID: 6099446
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus for providing resistance to muscles of the body, the exercise apparatus comprising:a body harness being adapted for extending across a back and a pair of shoulders of a user;said body harness having a T-shaped portion adapted for extending downwardly from said body harness along the back of the user, the T-shaped portion having a pair of horizontal torso straps, said torso straps being adapted for adjustable extension around the torso of a user;a set of arm bands having a pair of upper arm bands and a pair of wrist bands, said upper arm bands and said wrist bands being connected by a plurality of resiliently elastic arm resistance straps;said pair of upper arm bands being coupled to said body harness, each of said upper arm bands being adapted for wrapping around an upper arm towards a shoulder of the user; andsaid pair of wrist bands being adapted for extension around wrists of the user;a waist band and a set of leg bands, said waist band being adapted for adjustable extension around the waist of a user, a set of leg bands having a pair of knee bands and a pair of ankle bands, said waist band, said knee bands, and said ankle bands being coupled together by a plurality of resiliently elastic leg resistance straps, each of said knee bands being adapted for wrapping around a knee of a user, each of said ankle bands being adapted for wrapping around an ankle of a user; andan attachment strap being extended between said waist band and said torso straps, said attachment strap being releasably coupled to said torso straps, said attachment strap being releasably coupled to said waist band.