An exercising apparatus including a folding frame having two rectangular frames pivoted in the middle, a rotary seat hinged to one rectangular frame, and two elastic ropes having each one end respectively fastened to the folding frame at the bottom and an opposite end coupled with a respective handle, and wherein the folding frame can be alternatively set into the operative position to support the rotary seat for permitting the player to sit on the rotary seat and pull the handles, or the collap...

An exercising device comprising a ladder and a frame pivotally mounted within the ladder uprights wherein the frame has rollers with vacuum cups for massage purposes including a manual crank for rotating the rollers while the user is resting on the frame rollers.

An exercising device which comprises a web which can be draped over a limb which is to be exercised. The device includes pouches in which circular weight plates can be received. The pouches are open at one end so that the weights can be interchanged.

An exercising machine having a frame provided with a hand lever assembly including independent hand levers, and a foot pedal assembly including cooperating pedals. Both the hand levers and pedals are movable against drag exerted on same by a belt brake assembly common to both the levers and pedals. A brake shoe assembly is advantageously associated with the hand levers to provide additional drag on the hand levers to hold same in a desired position against movement of the belts by actuation of t...

An exercising apparatus is provided permitting the concurrent isometric stressing of the leg muscles while performing a plurality of arm stressing exercise, or alternatively, permitting an isometric stress to be maintained in the arm muscles in a selected direction while exercising the leg muscles. All of the exercising stresses are produced by compressing springs in tubular housings, some of which constitute the frame structure of the exercising apparatus and other tubular housings being positi...

An exercising apparatus for training the muscles of a human body includes a frame supporting a crank on a shaft which is attached to a pair of identical disks. The disks define several cam paths along which a cable is guided whose other end is connected to a stack of weight plates. By guiding the cable about the various cam paths, each muscle can be exercised in each phase of motion according to its capability in view of the respectively changing moment arms.

Exercising apparatus comprises a main frame 1 providing a seat 3. A cable 7 leads from a bar to be raised or lowered by the arms or legs of the user, to a group of weight members 9 to be lifted. These weight members 9 comprise a closed rigid container with a filling opening allowing water or sand to be poured in to achieve a desired weight, the aperture then being closed by a cap. Each weight member is shaped at the sides to provide recesses to receive vertical guide tubes 10 and 11 and the unde...

A device for exercising muscles of the extremities is disclosed. The device consists generally of a spring, mounted on a base, with a free end upon which the arm or leg may bear to provide an opposing force. Indicia are provided on the spring to permit measurement of effort and achievement. In one embodiment of the invention, a counter is provided to enable the user to keep track of his efforts.

A device is disclosed for performing gymnastic exercises or the like, comprising a geometrically regular body including a plurality of polygonally-shaped flat sides and a plurality of spaced handle means. The handle means are defined by at least two elongated spaced openings in the surface of the body which flank the intersection between two of the flat sides. These openings cooperate with at least the remaining portion of the surface intervening therebetween to define elongated graspable hand-h...

An exercising device for the foot comprising, an instep portion for covering an upper portion of the foot having a pair of flexible sheets defining a closed chamber to receive a weight medium, with the instep portion extending from a location adjacent the toes to a location adjacent the ankle, and having a pair of side portions extending around opposed sides of the foot and defining a pair of opposed side edges, with the instep portion having a pair of opposed ends extending toward the ankle on ...