Patent ID: 8231510

Claim:
A hand held exercising device comprising: a tube comprising a continuous side wall that connects a first end and a second end and a central axis, the continuous side wall having substantially uniform circumference sized for allowing the tube to be gripped around an entire perimeter of the side wall with a single hand and the tube having a length substantially similar to that of a width of a hand; a particulate material of a selected weight within the tube and wherein the particulate material shifts within the tube such that the tube compresses when gripped within a palm of the exerciser's hand; and a loop having a first end and a second end attached to the side wall of the tube wherein the first end of the loop is attached to the side wall of the tube a first distance from the first end of the tube and the second end of the loop is attached to the side wall of the tube a second distance from the second end of the tube and wherein the loop accepts less than four digits of an exerciser's hand and wherein the first and second ends of the loop are attached to tube such that the loop is aligned with and spaced apart from the central axis of the tube.