Torso building exercise machine

A torso building exercise machine comprising:

• (a) a stationary base means;
• (b) a horizontally disposed rotatable turntable means mounted on said base means, said turntable means having a single degree of freedom for rotation about its vertical axis;
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• (c) a single upright stationary stanchion means mounted on said base means at one side of said turntable, said stanchion means carrying a wide, curvilinear array of horizontal handhold means at various vertical levels at one side of said turntable means and generally concentrically of the axis of rotation thereof so as to be selectively grippable by a person while performing various twisting exercises on the turntable means, said exercise machine further comprising head brace means on the stanchion means generally centrally located with respect to said array of horizontal handhold means and inset therefrom toward the axis of rotation of the axis of rotation of the turntable means so that the user may stabilize the upper portion of his body by bracing his head against the head brace means while gripping selected horizontally separated handholds on said array of handholds means and while rotating said turntable means back and forth with his feet and lower body.

A torso building exercise machine comprising,

• (a) a base frame;
• (b) a turntable journaled for rotation on said base;
• (c) a single stanchion standing up from said base frame at one side of said turntable;
• (d) handhold means on said stanchion comprising plural, horizontally extending bars in curvilinear array at various levels from about chest height to above the head of a user and spanning about 120.degree. of turntable rotation so as to be graspable by a user standing on the turntable with arms forwardly extended and spread apart;
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• (e) substantially vertically extending head brace means situated generally centrally of the array and inset therefrom toward the axis of rotation of the turntable, the user when standing on the turntable and in position grasping the handhold means array with arms extended and with the user's head braced against the head brace means being in a stance so that the user's upper torso is stabilized at three points as the user rotates the turntable back and forth by lower body manipulation.