Exercise system and method

An exercise system, comprising:

• a frame including a guide rail having a first end and a second end;
• an upper body carriage and a lower body carriage, each one of the upper body carriage and the lower body carriage configured to be slidingly engaged with the guide rail to translate in a reciprocating motion relative to the first end and the second end of the guide rail;
• an upper body support secured to the upper body carriage;
• a lower body support secured to the lower body carriage;
• and
• a resistance assembly attached to the frame and mechanically coupled to at least one of the upper body carriage and the lower body carriage such that the resistance assembly applies a predetermined level of resistive force to at least one of the upper body carriage and the lower body carriage.

A method of performing an exercise comprising:

• placing a portion of an upper body of an exerciser on an upper body support surface such that a right elbow is aligned with and beneath a right shoulder and a left elbow is aligned with and beneath a left shoulder, the portion of the upper body including a portion of a right arm and a portion of a left arm;
• placing a portion of lower body of the exerciser on a lower body support surface such that the exerciser is face down with a flat back drawing obliques in and navel towards a spine;
• and
• translating at least one of the portion of the upper body and the portion of the lower body in a reciprocating motion between a forward direction and a rearward direction such that a plurality of muscle groups of the exerciser are activated,
• wherein the plurality of muscle groups are selected from the group consisting of abdominal muscles, deltoid muscles, triceps muscles, latissimus dorsi muscles, quadricep muscles, pectoralis muscles, and gluteal muscles.