Patent ID: 7086999

Claim:
A resistance exercise device comprising: (a) an elongate, free-standing, nonbifurcated, substantially cylindrical bar having first and second ends and a center plane therebetween, said center plane intersecting said bar at a center of gravity thereof; (b) first and second handgrips slidably mounted on said bar and disposed equidistant from said center plane wherein said handgrips have a longitudinal axis and can be slidingly moved on said bar in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis of said handgrips; and (c) coupling means housed in recesses in said bar, said coupling means connecting said first handgrip to said second handgrip, said coupling means being operable for maintaining said first and second handgrips equidistant from said center plane when said first and second handgrips are moved in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis of said handgrips.