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An exercise apparatus includes a mounting assembly and a pulley assembly coupled to the mounting assembly. The pulley assembly includes a first pulley and a second pulley. A first pulley cable is positioned about the first pulley for movement relative thereto and a second pulley cable is positioned

An exercise apparatus includes a mounting assembly and a pulley assembly coupled to the mounting assembly. The pulley assembly includes a first pulley and a second pulley. A first pulley cable is positioned about the first pulley for movement relative thereto and a second pulley cable is positioned about the second for movement relative thereto. The first pulley cable includes a first end and a second end and the second pulley cable includes a first end and a second end. A first handle is coupled to the first end of the first pulley cable and a second handle is coupled to the first end of the second pulley cable. A body engaging assembly is coupled to the both the second end of the first pulley cable and the second end of the second pulley cable.

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1. An exercise apparatus allowing a user to perform a variety of exercises with the user's body functioning as a resistance weight, comprising: a mounting assembly;a pulley assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the pulley assembly includes a support bar having a first end with a first p

1. An exercise apparatus allowing a user to perform a variety of exercises with the user's body functioning as a resistance weight, comprising: a mounting assembly;a pulley assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the pulley assembly includes a support bar having a first end with a first pulley secured thereto and a second end with a second pulley secured thereto, the pulley assembly also including a coupling bar extending from the support bar for releasably securing the pulley assembly to the mounting assembly by securing a coupling strap therebetween;a first pulley cable is positioned about the first pulley for movement relative thereto and a second pulley cable is positioned about the second pulley for movement relative thereto, the first pulley cable includes a first end and a second end and the second pulley cable includes a first end and a second end;a first handle is directly coupled to the first end of the first pulley cable and a second handle is directly coupled to the first end of the second pulley cable; anda body engaging assembly is directly coupled to the both the second end of the first pulley cable and the second end of the second pulley cable. 2. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the support bar includes a first O-ring to which the first pulley is secured and a second O-ring to which the second pulley is secured. 3. The exercise apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first pulley is releasably secured to the first O-ring and the second pulley is releasably secured to the second O-ring. 4. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the mounting assembly includes an abutment member and the second end of the mounting assembly includes a releasable coupling member allowing for selective attachment of the pulley assembly to the mounting assembly. 5. The exercise apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the releasable coupling member of the mounting assembly is a carbineer. 6. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, further including an adjustable coupling strap securing the pulley assembly to the mounting assembly. 7. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first handle is releasably coupled to the first end of the first pulley cable and the second handle is releasably coupled to the first end of the second pulley cable. 8. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the body engaging assembly is a belt shaped and dimensioned for positioning about a waist of a user as he or she exercisers. 9. The exercise apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the belt includes an elongated body with an inner surface and an outer surface, as well as a first end and a second end, and the respective first end of the elongated body and the second end of the elongated body are provided with mating fastening members allowing for releasable attachment of the belt about the waist of a user. 10. The exercise apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the belt includes first and second O-rings used in releasably securing the second ends of the first and second pulley cables to the elongated body. 11. The exercise apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first and second O-rings are positioned along the outer surface of the elongated body. 12. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first pulley cable includes first and second locking balls so as to maintain the first pulley cable positioned about the first pulley, the first locking ball of the first pulley cable being adjacent the first end of the first pulley cable and the second locking boll being adjacent the second end of the first pulley cable, and the second pulley cables includes first and second locking balls so as to maintain the second pulley cable positioned about the second pulley, the first locking ball of the second pulley cable being adjacent the first end of the second pulley cable and the second locking ball being adjacent the second end of the second pulley cable.