Exercise apparatus

Abstract

An exercise apparatus including a structure which, in use, rests on the floor and at least one resistance device which is engaged with the structure and which is actuable against a reaction force generated by the mass of a user on the structure. The structure includes opposed first and second ends and at least first and second resistance devices which are engaged at spaced locations with the structure at least at the first end.

1 . Exercise apparatus which includes a structure which, in use, rests on the floor and at least one resistance device which is engaged with the structure and which is actuable against a reaction force generated by the mass of a user on the structure.  
     
     
         2 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein the structure includes opposed first and second ends and at least first and second resistance devices which are engaged at spaced locations with the structure at least at the first end.  
     
     
         3 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1  wherein the structure is formed at least by first and second frame sections which are pivotally movable relatively to each other between a first, operative position at which both frame sections lie on the floor and a second, storage position at which one frame section is superimposed on the other frame section.  
     
     
         4 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 3  wherein each frame member is in the nature of a U with adjacent first limbs of each respective frame section forming a first end of the structure and adjacent second limbs of each respective frame section forming a second end of the structure.  
     
     
         5 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 3  wherein each resistance device is a respective elastic band which is accommodated at least partly in a suitable formation formed in or on a respective frame section, such that that when the frame sections are folded into the second, storage position each resistance device is enclosed, at least partly, inside the superimposed frame sections.  
     
     
         6 . An exercise arrangement which includes exercise apparatus according to  claim 1  and a user support device on the structure which provides support for a user who is working on the at least one resistance device and which transmits a reaction force, generated by the user's mass, to the structure so that it remains on the floor.  
     
     
         7 . An exercise arrangement which includes a structure which rests on the floor, at least one elastic band which is engaged with the structure, and an inflatable device which rests at least partly on the structure, which is movable relatively to the structure, and which provides support for a user who exercises against the at least one elastic band.  
     
     
         8 . An exercise arrangement according to  claim 7  wherein the structure includes at least one guide formation to assist in retaining the user support device on the structure.