Patent ID: 6939277

Claim:
An abdominal exercise machine for exercising abdominal muscles, comprising: at least one upper grasping portion positionable in front of a user and configured so as to be held by at least one of a user's hands and further so shaped and configured in size to be engaged by a user's chest; a flat elongated flexible member flexible along some portion of its length and positionable in front of a user and connected to said upper grasping portion at a first end; an upper thigh engagement member of a shape, size and configuration so as to comfortably rest on a user's upper thighs in a standing, sitting or lying position and pivotally coupled to a second end of the elongated flexible member; wherein the user can position the machine in front during use and be held between a user's upper thigh portions and chest area so as to provide resistance during a stomach crunch motion and yet still provide visual cuing during use so as to view the degree of flexing of the elongated flexible member during use.