Exercise Device

An exercise machine, comprising:

• a frame having a first end and a second end opposite said first end;
• a foot support positioned at said first end of said frame;
• a back support engaged with said frame, said back support inclining from a lower first end closest to said first end of said frame, to a higher end closest to said second end of said frame;
• said exercise machine defining an exercise position for said user, requiring positioning both feet of said user upon said foot support thereby positioning upper legs of said user inclining along a line running from their hips supported upon said back support, toward their knees, and positioning a torso of said user inclining in a direction running from said hips toward their head elevated above said hips;
• a pivoting arm rotationally engaged with said frame;
• a contact member in a connection at one end to said pivoting arm, said contact member extending from said pivoting arm in a horizontal disposition above said back support to a distal end;
• said contact member rotating said pivoting arm when moved from a lowered position closest to said back support, to a raised position;
• said pivoting arm configured for engagement with a load which resists movement of said contact member from said lowered position to said raised position;
• and
• whereby a user positioned in said exercise position, and having a portion of their abdomen between said knees and their shoulders contacting said contact member, may only move said contact member from said lowered position toward said raised position, by a movement of said body of said user along a sagittal plane, from said exercise position, to an elevated position, by employing the gluteus maximus muscles to overcome said load and elevate said hips of said user above said back support.