Apparatus for exercising the lower back

Details Apparatus for exercising the lower back Apparatus for exercising the lower back

1994-05-19

2000-05-09

Apley, Richard J.

Exercise devices

User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...

Having common force transmitting support frame for user and...

482100, 482142, 482145, A63B 2302, A63B 21062

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for exercising the lower back muscles of a user includes a frame, an arrangement mounted to the frame for resisting forward movement of the user's hips while maintaining the user's gluteus maximus and hamstring muscles in a relatively relaxed condition, a lever assembly mounted to the frame in a disposition for engagement by the upper back of a user for backward and forward user induced movement of the lever assembly for exercise of the user's lower back muscles and a resistance assembly operatively connected to the lever assembly for resisting the user induced exercise movement with a predetermined resistive force.

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