Patent ID: 7908670

Claim:
An exercise garment comprising an upper body portion constituted such as to fit a wearer's body, wherein said upper body portion comprises a main body portion comprising a front body part and a back body part formed from a stretchable material, and band-like tightening portions having a higher tightening force and stretch resistance than said main body portion, and said tightening portions comprise, on said back body part: a right and left pair of first tightening portions each comprising, when the exercise garment is worn, an extension above and outside the wearer's scapula area and inside and below the scapula area of the wearer, formed in a closed loop without extending to the wearer's arms, the closed loop including an open region inside the closed loop, such as to surround the scapula area of the wearer; and second tightening portions that join said first tightening portions together in positions corresponding to thoracic vertebrae of the wearer, wherein the first and second tightening portions support the wearer's scapulae and scapula-surrounding muscle groups such that the extent of mobility of the scapulae is broadened.