Inventors:
Ross W. Hoff - Norwalk OH
International Classification:
A63B 2300
Abstract:
An arm exercising apparatus for developing and strengthening a person's wrist and arm muscules and other parts of the body such as biceps, quadriceps, deltoids, triceps, etc. The exercising apparatus is designed to closely duplicate the sport known as arm wrestling. The exercising apparatus includes a handle that is pivotally connected to a sleeve wherein said sleeve is slideably mounted over a shaft. Said connection allows a twisting action of the wrist which closely duplicates those movements and forces actually experienced in arm wrestling and further allows the handle to be adjusted at the proper height for the individual user. The above described sleeve and shaft assembly is further pivotally connected to a rotatable pulley shaft, wherein said pulley shaft is fixedly connected to a pulley which is designed to accept predetermined weights as selected by the user, the weights being the elements which provide the resistive force required by the user. The exercising apparatus can be adjusted to impose a rotational force on the handle at any given point of an arc described by the handle. In this manner, the user can practice with the user's arm being set at any of a plurality of positions.