Resistance exercise garment

Abstract

A resistance exercise garment includes a pair of resilient resistance members. One of the members is attached to the hand/wrist area of the right hand and to the ankle/foot area of the left leg. The other resilient resistance member is attached to the hand/wrist area of the left arm and to the ankle/foot area of the right leg. The resistance members cross at the back of the user.

1 . A resistance exercise garment comprising a right hand anchor member for being worn at the hand/wrist area of the user's right arm, a left hand anchor member for being worn at the hand/wrist area of the user's left arm, a right foot anchor member for being worn at the ankle/foot area of the user's right leg, a left foot anchor member for being worn at the ankle/foot of the user's left leg, a first resilient resistance member attached at one end to said right hand anchor member and attached at its opposite end to said left foot anchor member, a second resilient resistance member anchored at one end to said left hand anchor member and attached at its opposite end to said right foot anchor member, and said first resistance member and said second resistance member being attached to said left foot anchor member and to said right foot anchor member at locations to cross each other in back of the user.  
   
   
       2 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein each of said anchor members is padded.  
   
   
       3 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein each of said resistance members is attached to its respective foot anchor member at a location selected from the group consisting of the back of said foot anchor member and the outward side of said foot anchor member.  
   
   
       4 . The garment of  claim 3  wherein said location is at said back of said foot anchor member.  
   
   
       5 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said hand anchor member includes a fingerless glove having an adjustable wrist portion, and said resistance member is attached to said wrist portion.  
   
   
       6 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said hand anchor member includes a mitt having an adjustable wrist portion, and said resistance member being attached to said wrist portion.  
   
   
       7 . The garment of  claim 6  wherein said mitt is thumbless.  
   
   
       8 . The garment of  claim 1  including a shirt having a pair of sleeves, and each of said hand anchor members being a band around the free end of its respective sleeve.  
   
   
       9 . The garment of  claim 1  including pants having a pair of legs each of said legs terminating in a stirrup, said stirrup incorporating said foot anchor member, and said resistance member being mounted to said stirrup at a location selected from the back of said stirrup and the outward side of said stirrup.  
   
   
       10 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said foot anchor member is located at the ankle portion of footwear, and said resistance member being secured to said anchor member at a location selected from the back of said footwear and the outward side of said footwear.  
   
   
       11 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said foot anchor member is part of a sock, and said resistance member being mounted to said anchor member at a location selected from the group consisting of the back of said sock and the outward side of said sock.  
   
   
       12 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said foot anchor member is an ankle band in the form of a closed loop, and said resistance member being attached to said ankle band at a location selected from the group consisting of the back of said ankle band and the outward side of said ankle band.  
   
   
       13 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the unstretched length of each of said resistance members is of a length in the range of 30-36 inches.  
   
   
       14 . The garment of  claim 1  including a pants having a torso section with a wide waistband adapted to be located with an upper edge below the wearer's rib cage and with the lower edge generally near the wearer's belly button, said waistband including an abdominal section, and said abdominal section being structured to support and shape the mid-section of the wearer.  
   
   
       15 . The garment of  claim 1  including a shirt and a pants being made from a wickaway material.  
   
   
       16 . The garment of  claim 1  including a shirt and a pants made from stretchable flexible material.  
   
   
       17 . A resistance exercise garment comprising an anchor member for being worn at the hand/wrist area of one of the user's right arm and left arm, a foot anchor member for being worn at the ankle/foot area of one of the user's right leg and left leg, said hand anchor member and said foot anchor member being on opposite arms/legs, a resilient resistance member attached at one end to said hand anchor member and attached at its opposite end to said foot anchor member in a manner whereby said resistance member may cross the user's body at the back of the user.  
   
   
       18 . A method of performing resistance exercise comprising attaching one end of a first resilient resistance member to an anchor member located at the hand/wrist area of the user's right arm and attaching the opposite end of the first resilient resistance member to an anchor member in the ankle/foot area of the user's left leg at a location at the back or outward side of the ankle/foot area, attaching one end of a second resilient resistance member to an anchor member at the hand/wrist area of the user's left arm and attaching the opposite end of the second resilient resistance member to an anchor member at the ankle/foot area of the user's right leg at a location at the back of or outward side of the user's right leg, crossing the first resilient resistance member and the second resilient resistance member with each other at the back of the user, and the user swinging one arm and one leg forwardly simultaneously with swinging the opposite arm and opposite leg rearwardly.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the forward swinging arm is disposed downwardly with the hand in an open loose grip in a natural swing.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein each arm and its opposite leg are moved in the same forward/rearward direction while the other arm and leg are moved in the opposite direction, and extending the fingers of each hand outwardly during the swinging motion. @PFDesktop\::ODMA/MHODMA/IMANDMS;CB;400709;1