Exercise tool

An exercise tool, comprising in combination:

• a base, said base having a planar bottom surface and a top surface opposite said bottom surface;
• said base wider between lateral portions thereof than it is deep between front and rear portions thereof, and wider than it is tall;
• said base having a central portion between said lateral portions, with a torso support extending up from said top surface of said base at said central portion;
• a pair of handles extending up from said top surface of said base, one of said handles at each of said lateral portions of said base;
• said torso support having padding on at least an upper portion thereof;
• and
• said padding having a contoured non-planar upper surface.

A method for performing a lower abdomen exercise, including the steps of:

• resting a backside of a torso of a user upon a torso support of an exercise tool, the exercise tool having a base, the base having a planar bottom surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, the base wider between lateral portions thereof than it is deep between front and rear portions thereof, and wider than it is tall, the base having a central portion between the lateral portions, with a torso support extending up from the top surface of the base at the central portion, a pair of handles extending up from the top surface of the base, one of the handles at each of the lateral portions of said base, the torso support having padding on at least an upper portion thereof, and the padding having a contoured non-planar upper surface;
• gripping one of the pair of handles with a left hand of the user and one of the handles with a right hand of the user;
• and
• repeatedly lifting and lowering hips and legs of the user relative to the torso of the user.