Patent ID: 7364538

Claim:
An exercise device comprising: a base that includes a raised platform area, said platform area including a covered raceway and a first opening arranged at a first end of the covered raceway and a second opening arranged at a second end of the covered raceway, said base further comprising a first shelf arranged at the first end of the covered raceway and a second shelf arranged at the second end of the covered raceway; a first pulley arranged on the first shelf; a second pulley arranged on the second shelf; a first handle forming a hand opening having a top side, a bottom side, a left vertical side and a right vertical side, at least one hole arranged in the bottom side for receiving a cable said first handle further includes a hole arranged in the left vertical side near the bottom side, a second hole is arranged in the left vertical side near the top side, a third hole is arranged in the right vertical side near the top side; a second handle forming a hand opening having a top side, a bottom side, a left vertical side and a right vertical side, at least one hole arranged in the bottom side for receiving a cable; and, a cable passing through the first and second pulleys and having a first end fastened to the first handle and a second end fastened to the second handle; wherein said cable extends from the hole arranged in the bottom side of the first handle to run along an interior surface of the bottom side, said cable extending through the hole arranged in the left vertical side near the bottom side to run on an exterior edge of the left vertical side, said cable further extending through the hole arranged in the left vertical side near the top side to run along an interior edge of the top side of the first handle and thereafter exit the hand opening via the third hole arranged in the right vertical side.