Patent ID: 7438674

Claim:
Exercising device that comprises: a first strap ( 1 ); loops ( 3 , 7 ) attached to the first strap ( 1 ), at least one of the loops ( 3 , 7 ) having a length/circumference in the interval 110-180 cm to extend around a waist of a user; a shackle that is adapted to be fixed to a base and through which said first strap runs in such a way that the first strap ( 1 ) is displaceable in its longitudinal direction relative to the shackle, the shackle comprises a U-shaped member having a rod adjoining the ends of the U-shaped member on which said first strap is longitudinally displaceable during operation of the exercising device when said first strap is carrying the counterweight of a user pulling on said loops; and tubular handles ( 10 ) mounted on the loops ( 3 , 7 ) and displaceable relative to the loops ( 3 , 7 ), wherein said at least one of the loops ( 3 , 7 ) comprises a second strap that has a larger width than an internal diameter of the tubular handles ( 10 ) so that one said tubular handle on said at least one loop maintains a position on said second strap to which said one tubular handle has been displaced when said at least one loop extends around a waist of a user.