Resistance exercise garment

Abstract

A resistance exercise garment includes a tunnel mounted on a pant or on a lower part of a vest with a pair of resistance members extending through the tunnel. One end of each resistance member is anchored to the pant or vest near the tunnel and the other end is detachably fastened to an anchor member on a top or shirt. The exercise garment may alternatively include a reel system mounted on the pant or vest with a resistance element wrapped around a reel in the reel system. Each free end of the resistance element is detachably fastened to an anchor member on the sleeve of a top.

1 . A resistance exercise garment having a torso section, said torso section terminating in an open waist, a tunnel located at and transversely across a portion of said torso section, said tunnel being open at both ends, at least one resistance members, said resistance member being inserted into said tunnel and having one end located outside of said tunnel and an opposite end anchored to said torso section, and said one end having a fastener for detachable attachment to an anchor member at a location on a movable part of said garment whereby said resistance member is stretched during movement of said movable part of said garment by the wearer.  
   
   
       2 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein there are a pair of said resistance members.  
   
   
       3 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said torso section is part of a pant having legs, each of said resistance members being attached to said pant outside of and near a respective open end of said tunnel, and said tunnel being in the rear of said pant below said open waist.  
   
   
       4 . The garment of  claim 3  including a pocket in said pant.  
   
   
       5 . The garment of  claim 3  including anchor members secured to the bottom of said legs of said pant and to the general waist area of said pant.  
   
   
       6 . The garment of  claim 3  including a strap secured to and spanning each of said legs of said pant.  
   
   
       7 . The garment of  claim 3  including a top, and a plurality of said anchor members provided on said top.  
   
   
       8 . The garment of  claim 7  including further resistance members extending from a torso portion of said top to a sleeve portion of said top.  
   
   
       9 . The garment of  claim 3  wherein said open waist of said torso section comprises a wide elastic waist.  
   
   
       10 . The garment of  claim 3  wherein said garment includes a top having a pair of arms, and said anchor member is provided on each arm of said top.  
   
   
       11 . The garment of  claim 10  wherein a plurality of said anchor members being on each of said arms.  
   
   
       12 . The garment of  claim 11  including a hand engagement member for each arm of said top, and one of said anchor members being on each of said hand engagement members.  
   
   
       13 . The garment of  claim 12  wherein each of said arms terminates in an open wrist portion through which the user's arm may extend, a thumb loop spanning said wrist portion, and said thumb loop being said hand engagement member.  
   
   
       14 . The garment of  claim 13  wherein said resistance members are hollow tubings, each of said tubings being detachably attached to an anchor member outside of and near said tunnel, each of said tubings extending through said tunnel and being attached at its other end to an anchor member on said top, said open waist of said torso section being a wide elastic waist for providing abdominal support, a pocket located on said pant between said elastic waist and said tunnel, and each of said ends of said tubing being attached to a respective anchor member by a fastener having a manually depressable tongue generally disposed against a seat.  
   
   
       15 . The garment of  claim 2  wherein said torso section is part of a vest to be worn over a top, and said tunnel being at the rear of said vest.  
   
   
       16 . The garment of  claim 15  including weights mounted in said vest.  
   
   
       17 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said resistance members is a hollow tubing.  
   
   
       18 . The garment of  claim 1  including a hand engagement member for being worn on the hand of a user, and said anchor member being on said hand engagement member.  
   
   
       19 . The garment of  claim 18  wherein said hand engagement member is a mitt.  
   
   
       20 . The garment of  claim 18  wherein said hand engagement member is a workout glove.  
   
   
       21 . The garment of  claim 18  wherein said hand engagement member is a loop at the end of a sleeve on a top.  
   
   
       22 . The garment of  claim 1  including an abdominal support section at said open waist of said torso section.  
   
   
       23 . A resistance exercise garment comprising a first garment member having a torso section and a pair of limbs and a second garment member having a torso section, a reel system mounted to said torso section of said second garment member, said reel system comprising a rotatable reel, a resistance member having a pair of free ends, said resistance member being mounted around said reel, each of said free ends having a fastener, an anchor member on said limbs, and each of said fasteners being attachable to a respective one of said anchor members.  
   
   
       24 . The garment of  claim 23  wherein said resistance system includes adjustable friction structure for resisting the free rotation of said reel.  
   
   
       25 . The garment of  claim 23  wherein said reel system includes a post, said reel being rotatably mounted on said post, said friction structure including a brake pad disposed against said post, and an adjustable knob rotatably mounted on said post for being moved toward and away from said brake pad to control the resistance created by said brake pad.  
   
   
       26 . The garment of  claim 23  wherein first garment member is a top and said limbs are sleeves, and said anchor members are mounted to said sleeves.  
   
   
       27 . The garment of  claim 23  wherein said resistance member is a hollow tubing.  
   
   
       28 . The garment of  claim 23  wherein said first garment member is a top and said limbs are sleeves, said second garment member being a pant, and said reel system being mounted on said torso section of said pant.  
   
   
       29 . The garment of  claim 28  wherein reel system is mounted to the rear of said pant.  
   
   
       30 . The garment of  claim 23  wherein said second garment member is a vest, and said reel system being mounted to the rear of said vest.  
   
   
       31 . A resistance garment comprising a pant having a front and a back and a circumferential waist, said garment including two moving limbs, hollow open ended guide structure on said back of said pant in the general area of said waist, two resistance elements, each of said resistance elements having two ends, one end of each of said resistance elements being anchored to said general area of said waist spaced from said guide structure, each of said resistance elements being wrapped partially around said general area of said waist and extending completely through said guide structure, and the other end of each said resistance elements being anchored to a respective one of said limbs.  
   
   
       32 . The garment of  claim 31  including a single anchor member mounted to said front of said pant, and said one end of each of said resistance elements being connected to said single anchor member.  
   
   
       33 . The garment of  claim 32  wherein said guide structure is a single guide member.  
   
   
       34 . The garment of  claim 31  wherein said one end of each of said resistance elements is connected to a separate anchor member.  
   
   
       35 . The garment of  claim 34  wherein said guide structure is a single guide member.