A hang row pendulum apparatus, comprising: a crossbar; and, a main post, connected to the crossbar at a lower end of the main post and having a pivot point on the main post opposite the crossbar.

A pole vault swing-up rack includes a frame body with upper hooks and a lower push bracket. The rack is designed to hang vertically from a horizontal bar—as a pull-up bar—by the hooks. An athlete hanging from the pull-up bar in an upright vertical position may kick his/her legs and torso up to an inverted vertical position to simulate movement of a pole vault. The athlete's shoulders rest against vertical uprights of the rack to maintain the athlete's shoulders and body in front of a vertical plane as in a pole vault movement. A trainer can use the lower push bracket to assist the athlete in the kicking motion. The parts of the rack that come into contact with the athlete may be covered in foam padding and a rubber coating.

A Pilates Aquatics Device (PAD) including a board, the board being generally rectangular, planar, buoyant, and having top and bottom surfaces, first and second sides that are generally parallel to one another with a longitudinal axis midway there between, first and second ends generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a strap defining three loops on the top surface of the board, the loops aligned along the axis, the loops defining openings perpendicular to the axis for insertion of a user's hands or feet to control the PAD.

Apparatus (60) for supporting a subject (2) in an inverted state comprises a ground engaging plinth (8) and a support platform (12) pivotally coupled to the plinth (8) about a first pivot axis (15) so that the support platform (12) is pivotal between a first state with a subject (2) in a supine state on the support platform (12) and a second state with the subject (2) inverted on the support platform (12). The subject is supported in the inverted state on the support platform (12) by shoulder engaging elements (24), and is secured to the support platform (12) by a torso strap (35). A foot engageable element (77) connected to a weight carrying bar (84) through connecting members (79,82) extending through an elongated slot (80) in the support platform (12) allows leg and abdominal muscles to be exercised by urging the foot engageable element (77) in the direction of the arrow A against weights (85) carried on the weight carrying bar (84). A carrier element (81) slideable on a guide bar (83) guides the foot engageable element (77). Handgrips (86) are connected by steel cables (87) around pulleys (88,89,90,91) to the weight carrying bar (84) for facilitating exercising of arm, shoulder, chest and back muscles.

There is described a parallel bar exerciser suitable for simulating a horizontal ladder comprising a plurality of hand-bars; each hand bar being linked to a drive member said drive member being operably linked to a drive means.

An upper and lower limbs walking rehabilitation device of the present invention includes a foot stepping part, and comprises: a lower frame part; a lower limb link unit provided between the foot stepping part and the lower frame part and providing a walking trajectory to the foot stepping part; an upper frame part detachably provided at the upper end of the lower frame part by means of a detachment part; an upper limb link unit provided at the upper frame part and implementing the movement of upper limbs; and an upper linking part for linking the upper limb link unit and the lower limb link unit.

An exercise training device for connection to a laterally extending overhead bar and use in modifying a toes to bar exercise, including at least one bar mounting assembly, an elongated, laterally extending target portion, and a spacer portion connected at a first end to and extending longitudinally away from the at least one bar mounting assembly, and connected at an opposed second end to the elongated, laterally extending target portion. Also disclosed is a method of positioning an exercise training device on a laterally extending overhead bar to modify a toes to bar exercise, including connecting to the laterally extending overhead bar an exercise training device having the aforementioned structure, and adjusting the exercise training device to extend downward and forward from the laterally extending overhead bar.

Apparatus for back improvement and lower-back pain and knees relieving, the apparatus including, for each foot of a user, a pedal shiftable along a linear axis, for allowing a foot of the user to exert force on the pedal, a sensor, for continuously sensing a force exerted on the pedal by the foot, a linear actuator having a longitudinal bore in a piston thereof, the linear actuator being configured to move the piston away from the pedal when the force on the pedal exceeds a first threshold, and a controller for reading a sensing of the sensor, the controller being adapted to instruct the mechanism to move the piston away from the pedal such that the pedal retracts in response to pressure exerted by the foot.

Apparatus and method for facilitating a dynamic plank exercise comprises a generally horizontally disposed structure, a plurality of legs supporting, at their upper ends, the structure, rollers disposed on lower ends of the plurality of legs and adapted to rest upon a floor surface, the rollers allowing the legs, and the structure, to be translated relative to the floor surface, and a pair straps vertically suspended from the structure, the straps adapted to support the users' legs, whereby, the users may place their legs in the straps and perform exercises with the users' arms supported by the floor surface, wherein the users are able to translate their legs relative to their arms as the structure is translated on the floor surface. The rollers provide substantially 360 degrees of movement, such that the users can draw their knees forward and backward to perform a back-and-forth motion while their legs are in the straps and their arms are supported by the floor surface, and can rotate their legs relative to their arms to perform a side-to-side motion while their legs are in the straps and their arms are supported by the floor surface.

An apparatus (100) for back improvement and lower-back pain and knees relieving, the apparatus comprising for each foot of a user, including a pedal (40) shiftable along a linear axis, for allowing a foot of the user to exert force on the pedal (40), a sensor (18), for continuously sensing a force exerted on the pedal (40) by the foot, a mechanism for exerting resistance force on the pedal, and a controller (10) for reading a sensing of the sensor, the controller being adapted to instruct the mechanism to exert continuous resistance force on the pedal such that the pedal submits to the foot.