Patent ID: 8915827

Claim:
A shoe for use in a resistance exercise system for sports enhancement of the type in which one or more elastic resistance bands are attached between a user's torso and one or more limbs or extremities, adapted to be worn by the user comprising a shoe body having forward and rearward portions, and further including: an outsole; a shoe upper attached to the outsole along a junction; a first strap extending over said forward portion at least between two first strap locations on said junction on opposite sides of said shoe upper, said strap having slack so as to be loosely spaced above said shoe upper; a first connection ring member disposed about and freely movable along said first strap, said ring and strap being configured and constructed to be connected at said ring to an elastic resistance band and such that, when the ring is pulled by a force applied thereto through an elastic resistance band, the ring is free to both traverse the strap and pull it in the direction of the force, wherein said slack is sufficient to permit the ring to be so pulled transversely outwardly of the shoe beyond said junction.