Multi-purpose exercising device

Abstract

An arm and leg exercising device adapted to strengthen arm muscles and hip abduction and adduction muscles comprising body support members secured to a frame to support the human body such that the median axis of the human body is substantially parallel to the central axis of the body support members. A pair of padded leg support members, adapted to engage the side of the legs, and a member controlling the rate of movement are secured to the body support members to control movement of extremities of the leg support members in a lateral direction between a first position wherein the feet of a user are adjacent the median axis of the body of the user to a second position wherein the extremities of the leg support members are spaced from the median axis of the body. The body support members comprise a back portion, having an upper and lower end, and a seat portion, having an upper and lower end; the back and seat portions being positioned such that the lower ends of the back and seat portions are adjacent each other and such that the angle between upper surfaces of the back and seat portions are 90 degrees or greater, so as to support the legs in a slightly bent position. A pair of arm exercising members are pivotally secured to each side of the frame. Movement of each arm exercising member in a longitudinal direction relative to the central axis is independently resisted by a fluid flow resistance member.

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