Exercise block

An exercise block comprising:

• a unitary body fabricated from compressible material that returns to its original shape after being compressed;
• the unitary body including a front end wall, a rear end wall, opposite side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall;
• pairs of spaced apart flexible hand straps attached to at least some of the walls;
• and an inner core also fabricated from compressible material that returns to its original shape after being compressed removably associated with the unitary body, both the unitary body and the removable inner core each having a different density, and locking means for releasably connecting the inner core to the unitary body, and wherein the locking means includes at least one lug on the outside of the inner core and a cooperating slot on the unitary body into which the lug is positioned.

An exercise block comprising:

• a unitary body fabricated from compressible material that returns to its original shape after being compressed;
• the unitary body including a front end wall, a rear end wall, opposite side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall;
• pairs of spaced apart flexible hand straps attached to at least some of the walls;
• and an inner core also fabricated from compressible material that returns to its original shape after being compressed removably associated with the unitary body, both the unitary body and the removable inner core each having a different density, and the opposite side walls of unitary body each including a recess extending between the front and rear walls, and wherein each side wall recess is constructed and arranged to accommodate the forearms of a person using the exercise block.