Patent ID: 7972251

Claim:
A method of performing upper body and abdominal exercises using an exercising device, having: a first and second identical section, where each section has a pad member with a horizontal to a floor length sufficient to support most of a forearm of a user, a grip extending vertically upward from the pad a sufficient distance to allow a user to grasp the grip by a respective hand of the user, a bottom portion coupled to the pad on an opposite side to the grip and designed to enable the first and second sections of the exercise device to slide on a horizontal floor, the method comprising the steps of: a) placing the first and second identical sections of the exercise device, next to each other, on a flat horizontal surface; b) orienting a torso of the user relatively parallel to the flat horizontal surface between the first and second identical sections; c) orienting the left and right forearm of the user on top of the respective first and second pads of the identical sections of the exercise device so that the forearms are oriented substantially parallel to the torso of the user; c) orienting the respective left and right hands of the user to grasp the respective first and second grips; d) elevating the user off of the flat horizontal surface so that the complete user only has the left and right forearms and at least toes or knees of the user contacting the flat horizontal surface; and e) sliding the first and second identical sections of the exercise device in directions from a center line along the torso and head of the user, where the directions are selected from the group including: both outward, both inward, one outward, one inward, both parallel toward the head, both parallel away from the head, one parallel, both opposite, both same, one diagonal, both diagonal, one circular, and both in a circular direction.