Patent ID: 8245322

Claim:
An exercise vest comprising: a front portion, a rear portion, a torso extension having a lower edge, a lower edge and a pair of arm openings, said front portion, said rear portion and said torso extension each having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a pair of sleeves each having an upper end, an exterior surface and an interior surface; means for removably securing the upper end of each of said sleeves to one of said arm openings; wherein, when said sleeves are removed from said exercise vest, the vest is completely sleeveless; a first pocket positioned on the interior surface of said front portion; a second pocket positioned on the interior surface of said rear portion; wherein said torso extension has at least one pocket positioned on the interior surface; means for removably joining said torso extension to the lower edge of said torso portion a weight removably received within said first pocket and said second pocket and said at least one pocket on said torso extension to weight select portions of a wearer's upper body.