Patent ID: 6887187

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating exercise of muscles and cardiovascular system of a person, said apparatus comprising: a shaft having upper and lower ends; a cross-bar releasably attached to said shaft; a pulley releasably attached to said cross-bar; and a pair of stirrups connected to each other by a cord, said cord trained about said pulley, and a looped mounting strap attached to said pulley, said strap removably looped about said shaft and carried over said cross bar at intersection of said cross bar and said shaft; and a swivel mount on said pulley attached to said mounting strap such that said pulley may swivel in relation to said mounting strap, whereby said person when sitting may manually grip said cross-bar with the shaft lower end contacting a support surface and with each of said person's foot fitting into a stirrup such that said stirrups may be alternately reciprocated about said pulley.