Patent ID: 8312566

Claim:
A training garment for developing an athlete's inspiratory muscles during a performance of aerobic exercise, said training garment comprising: a resistance band terminating at first and second ends, said resistance band being arranged to extend around an athlete's back and to embrace the athlete's thorax and to impart a resistive load thereto when the training garment is in use; a carrier garment associated with the resistance band and having a front and a back; and an adjuster for varying said resistive load, said adjuster comprising: a manually graspable tab provided on each of said first and second ends of the resistance band, said manually graspable tabs being disposed in front of the athlete's thorax when the training garment is in use; and a re-sealable closure mechanism, comprising a first member located on the front of the carrier garment thereby to define at least one fixing strip disposed in front of said athlete's thorax when the training garment is in use, and a second member provided on each said manually graspable tab, each said second member being complementary to said first member and being adapted to engage therewith.