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A barbell support apparatus for weight lifting exercising which has an overhead pulley that supports and guides a single support cable. The support cable is attached at both ends to a barbell. The pulley is suspended from a suspension system that provides for height adjustment of the barbell. Cable

A barbell support apparatus for weight lifting exercising which has an overhead pulley that supports and guides a single support cable. The support cable is attached at both ends to a barbell. The pulley is suspended from a suspension system that provides for height adjustment of the barbell. Cable stops are adjustably fixed on the support cable on both sides of the pulley to limit linear travel of the support cable across the pulley. A clamping cable collar that can be attached directly to a support line (or cable) is also disclosed.

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In a barbell support means for adjustably supporting a barbell from a fixed support above a user in position for the barbell\s being raised from a starting position and lowered to a rest position by said user in exercising, the barbell support means including a fixed support and an elongate member h

In a barbell support means for adjustably supporting a barbell from a fixed support above a user in position for the barbell\s being raised from a starting position and lowered to a rest position by said user in exercising, the barbell support means including a fixed support and an elongate member having means for attachment to a first end of the barbell, said elongate member extending over a portion of said fixed support and having means for attachment to a second end of the barbell, the improvement comprising in combination: means for protecting a user from injury consequent to the user\s raising the barbell from a starting position at a selected angle and lowering it to a rest position at an angle different from that of the starting position, consisting of: first and second stops mounted on the elongate member on opposite sides of the fixed support, said portion of the fixed support being anti-friction means for permitting the elongate member to pass freely back and forth over the fixed support anywhere between the first stop and the second stop when supporting the barbell, for return of the barbell to said starting position.