Patent ID: 8544114

Claim:
An exercise suit comprising: a front and a back adapted to cover a torso of a wearer; a pair of first tubular members each of which extends outwardly from the front and back and terminates in one of a wrist region and an ankle region; each of said first tubular members being adapted to receive one of the wearer's arms and legs therethrough; a pair of cuffs, each cuff being integrally formed with one of the first tubular members and covering a wrist or an ankle of the wearer; a first resilient band extending in a first direction along one of the first tubular members, said first resilient band having a first free end and a second free end with an intermediate region therebetween; a first direction changing means directly attached to the suit adjacent the cuff; and wherein a portion of the first resilient band that includes the first free end thereof, is engaged by the first direction changing means and is redirected to extend in a second direction; and a first tension adjustment mechanism, a part of the first tension adjustment mechanism being directly secured to the suit, and wherein the redirected first free end of the first resilient band is selectively engageable with the first tension adjustment mechanism; and wherein the part of the first tension adjustment mechanism anchors the first free end of the first resilient band to the suit; and the first tension adjustment mechanism is selectively activatable to adjust the tension in the first resilient band.