Weights for Weight Lifting Shoes and Sandals

Abstract

Weights and weight holding devices with hardware that is designed to attach to corresponding parts on shoes or sandals. The hardware works quickly and easily with the net result being that the user can quickly and easily pick up and put down weights with their feet, change the amount of weight, and change weights from foot to foot enabling the user to easily move from one exercise to another, and there is no need to remove the shoes or sandals when performing other exercises or walking.

1 . a weight having a substantially flat upper surface for receiving the bottom of a shoe or sandal, said weight further consisting of hardware that is designed to attach to corresponding parts on the shoe or sandal, wherein said corresponding parts are designed to attach to such hardware
 a. whereby a person can quickly and easily secure and remove said weight to and from their foot,
 b. whereby said person can perform a variety of leg exercises by lifting said weight and can quickly and easily move from one exercise to another. 
   
     
     
         2 . the weight of  claim 1  further consisting of a means for attaching additional weight to it. 
     
     
         3 . the weight of  claim 2  wherein said means is a bar of a standard diameter to accept ordinary barbell weights available at most sporting goods stores. 
     
     
         4 . the weight of  claim 2  wherein said means is detachable. 
     
     
         5 . a weight holding device consisting of
 a. a means for having weights affixed to it,   b. a substantially flat upper surface for receiving the bottom of a shoe or sandal,   c. hardware that is designed to attach to corresponding parts on said shoe or sandal, wherein said corresponding parts are designed to attach to such hardware
 i. whereby a person can quickly and easily secure and remove said weight holding device to and from their foot, 
 ii. whereby said person can perform a variety of leg exercises by lifting said weights and can quickly and easily move from one exercise to another. 
   
     
     
         6 . the weight holding device of  claim 5  wherein said means is a bar of a standard diameter to accept ordinary barbell weights available at most sporting goods stores.