Exercise methods and apparatus
OwnerStephen P. Ihli, Mark A. Krullinventors
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Abstract
A person lies supine on a floor surface with her knees bent and her feet resting on a foot supporting portion of an exercise assembly. The person uses her hands to grasp respective left and right handles on the exercise assembly proximate her left and right hips. The person positions her abdomen beneath a strap secured in series with at least one resistance device. The person moves her pelvis off the support surface subject to resistance from the resistance devices. Parts of the assembly may be used apart from the overall assembly to perform other sorts of exercises.
Claims22
An exercise assembly for a person, comprising:
- a frame configured to rest in a stable position on an underlying floor surface, wherein the frame includes a foot supporting surface sized and configured to accommodate a person's left and right feet when the person is lying supine on the floor surface with her knees bent;
- a left handle and a right handle, wherein each said handle is mounted in a respective fixed position on the frame to define a respective hand-hold within reach of a person's left and right hands, respectively, when the person is resting her feet on the foot supporting surface while lying supine on the floor surface with her knees bent;
- a left resistance device and a right resistance device, wherein each said resistance device is mounted on the frame;
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- a strap configured to overlie a person's lower abdomen when the person is resting her left and right feet on the foot supporting surface while lying supine on the floor surface with her knees bent, wherein the strap has a left end connected to the left resistance device and a right end connected to the right resistance device.
A method of performing exercise using an exercise assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing an exercise assembly;
- lying supine on a floor surface with one's knees bent and one's feet resting on a foot supporting portion of the exercise assembly;
- using one's left and right hands to grasp respective left and right handles disposed on respective left and right sides of the exercise assembly proximate one's left and right hips;
- positioning one's abdomen beneath a strap secured in series with at least one resistance device;
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- moving one's pelvis off the support surface subject to resistance from said at least one resistance device.
An exercise assembly for a person, comprising:
- a frame configured to rest in a stable position on an underlying floor surface, wherein the frame includes a foot supporting surface sized and configured to accommodate a person's left and right feet when the person is lying supine on the floor surface with her knees bent;
- a left handle and a right handle, wherein each said handle is mounted on the frame in a generally fixed orientation during exercise and within reach of a person's left and right hands, respectively, when the person is resting her feet on the foot supporting surface while lying supine on the floor surface with her knees bent;
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- a strap configured to overlie a person's lower abdomen when the person is resting her left and right feet on the foot supporting surface while lying supine on the floor surface with her knees bent, wherein the strap has a left end connected to a left resistance cord that extends from a left side of the frame and a right end connected to a right resistance cord that extends from a right side of the frame, and the strap is many times wider than each said resistance cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.