Patent ID: 8047974

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: a bar assembly comprising a first bar segment and a second bar segment, each of the first and second bar segments having a first threaded end and a second threaded end, wherein the second threaded end of the first bar segment is removably coupled with the first threaded end of the second bar segment using a first coupler that is screwed onto the second threaded end of the first bar segment and the first threaded end of the second bar segment, and further comprising a third bar segment having a first threaded end and a second threaded end, wherein the first threaded end of the third bar segment is removably coupled with the second threaded end of the second bar segment using a second coupler that is screwed onto the first threaded end of the third bar segment and the second threaded end of the second bar segment; a first end segment having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end segment is removably coupled, at the second end of the first end segment, to the first end of the first bar segment, and wherein the first end segment is shorter in length than each of the first, second, and third bar segments; a second end segment having a first end and a second end, wherein the second end segment is removably coupled, at the first end of the second end segment, to the second end of the third bar segment, and wherein the second end segment is shorter in length than each of the first, second, and third bar segments; a first weight assembly that is removably coupled to the first end of the first end segment; and a second weight assembly that is removably coupled to the second end of the second end segment.