Patent ID: 7976446

Claim:
A method of exercising comprising: providing an exercise apparatus, wherein the exercise apparatus comprises a supporting stand and at least one force transmission element coupled to the supporting the at least one force transmission element comprises at least one handle element and at least one pressure-exerting element coupled to the at least one handle element, and wherein the at least one pressure-exerting element is adapted to contact at least one knee of a user and move from a first position, anterolateral to the body of the user, to a second position, posterolateral to the body of the user; grasping the handle element; transmitting a force from the handle element to the pressure-exerting element; moving the pressure-exerting element to contact the at least one knee of the user and to move from a first position, anterolateral to the body of the user, to a second position, posterolateral to the body of the user, wherein the first position is above a bench and the second position is below the bench, and moving the at least one knee simultaneously with the pressure-exerting element from the first position to the second position, wherein the user has a positive stretching and mobilization effect on the lower back, hip joint, and thigh muscles.