Patent ID: 7740571

Claim:
An exercise apparatus comprising: A frame having a base for resting on a horizontal floor surface and has a pair of transversely spaced upstanding post members, A cylinder for supporting at least substantially all of a user's weight, said cylinder, is releasably mounted to said post members at a plurality of predetermined vertical positions relative to said frame; A pair of transversely spaced elongated handles coupled to said frame for enabling a user to grasp the same with user's hands while user's body is supported by said cylinder and extending from behind and lower than said cylinder upward and forward to substantially higher than said cylinder, Said flame, cylinder, and transversely spaced elongated handles so arranged that when a user's body is supported primarily by said cylinder, the user's hands can grasp the elongated handles in directions from said cylinder at selectively and sequentially higher and lower positions on the elongated handles and can selectively pull and push the elongated handles to translate the user's body fore and aft while the body is being primarily supported by the cylinder.