Patent ID: 7153245

Claim:
A golf exerciser including a handle that is moved in a simulated golf swing from a back swing region to a hitting region in front of the exerciser and including an elastically deformable tension system connected to the handle to resist handle movement for exercise purposes, the tension system including a first length of a tension element having an end connected to the handle; the first length of tension element extending from the handle to a first pulley arranged at a level higher than the exerciser's shoulder on a back swing side of the exerciser; the first length of tension element being reeved over the first pulley to elastically resist movement of the handle downward below the first pulley; the tension system including a second length of a tension element having a second connection to the handle and extending between the first pulley and a second pulley arranged at a level lower than the hips of the exerciser on the back swing side of the exerciser; the second length of tension element being reeved over the first and second pulleys to elastically resist movement of the handle laterally away from the upper and lower pulleys and toward the hitting region; and a combined elastic resistance of the first and second lengths of tension elements of the tension system being greatest when the handle moves into the hitting region.