Patent ID: 8052582

Claim:
Exercise apparatus comprising: a first base member having a first weight; a second base member having a second weight; a first elongate member that extends upwardly from the first base member, and a second elongate member that extends upwardly from the second base member; the first elongate member and the second elongate member together having a third weight and being joined at, or by way of a target portion that has a fourth weight; wherein the first and second weights of the base members when combined is greater relative to the combined third and fourth weights such that the center of gravity of the exercise apparatus is below a top surface of the first and second base members and the first and second weights of the base members maintain the exercise apparatus in a substantially upright position where the target portion is vertically above at least one of the first and second base members and will automatically return the exercise apparatus to the upright position after striking or pushing of the target portion by a user; wherein the first base member comprises a first base portion having a substantially convex undersurface; wherein the second base member comprises a second base portion having a substantially convex undersurface; and wherein the substantially convex undersurfaces of the base portions also maintain the elongate members in the substantially upright position until striking or pushing of the target portion by the user.