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An exercise apparatus for toning the mid-section and lower portion of the body, especially helpful for handicapped individuals who have marginal or only functional use of their lower extremities on an involuntary basis whereby a physically able person or a physically challenged person manipulates a

An exercise apparatus for toning the mid-section and lower portion of the body, especially helpful for handicapped individuals who have marginal or only functional use of their lower extremities on an involuntary basis whereby a physically able person or a physically challenged person manipulates a pendulum bar, freely suspended from a semi-flexible member in a quarter circular oblique movement, while strapped to the apparatus in a seated position, and whereas the flexibility of the flexible member is predetermined by design or controlled hydraulically by the user.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An exercise apparatus comprising:a) a base frame;b) a vertical member, having an end pivotally attached to said base frame;c) a clevis, pivotally attached to said vertical member at end apposite said base frame;d) an elongated, semi-flexible polymeric member having an end

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An exercise apparatus comprising:a) a base frame;b) a vertical member, having an end pivotally attached to said base frame;c) a clevis, pivotally attached to said vertical member at end apposite said base frame;d) an elongated, semi-flexible polymeric member having an end attached to said clevis; ande) a means attached to said semi-flexible polymeric member opposite said clevis for grasping by a user to distort said semi-flexible polymeric member in at least two planes.