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A sit up exercise bar is employed to add resistance for sit up exercises, and positions the subject\s hands and arms so as to produce a fluent motion, reducing stresses on the lower back. The sit up bar has yoke form of a pair of aligned straight sections and a central neck bow which curves behind t

A sit up exercise bar is employed to add resistance for sit up exercises, and positions the subject\s hands and arms so as to produce a fluent motion, reducing stresses on the lower back. The sit up bar has yoke form of a pair of aligned straight sections and a central neck bow which curves behind the subject\s neck. A pair of handles extend forward from the respective straight sections. These position the subject\s hands in front of the shoulders or particularly, a few inches in front of the anterior deltoid.

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An exercise aid for assisting a human subject in performing a sit-up movement so as to avoid risk of strain or injury to the subject\s lower back by positioning the subject\s arms and shoulders to maintain the lower back in a flattened position throughout the movement, comprising a yoke that include

An exercise aid for assisting a human subject in performing a sit-up movement so as to avoid risk of strain or injury to the subject\s lower back by positioning the subject\s arms and shoulders to maintain the lower back in a flattened position throughout the movement, comprising a yoke that includes a pair of aligned, laterally extending bar portions that extend respectively beyond the subject\s shoulders and neck bow connecting inner ends of said bar portions and curving to pass behind the subject\s neck; and a pair of handle members rigidly secured on the respective bar portions at positions separated from one another by a distance slightly greater than the distance across the subject\s shoulders, and extending forwardly in a direction generally opposite to that of the neck bow a distance in front of the front plane of the subject\s chest, to be gripped by the subject\s hands when his or her arms are positioned alongside his or her trunk, said distance being sufficient to position the subject\s hands in front of the front plane of the subject\s chest during a sit-up movement.