Exercise game

Abstract

An exercise board game for promoting exercise and fitness is disclosed which has a game board, movable playing pieces for each of one or more players, a plurality of exercise technique cards having instructions on performing exercises, and equipment for use following selection of an exercise. The game board has a playing surface with a path to advance said playing pieces. The player will roll a colored die and pull a card from a corresponding colored deck. The player will attempt to perform the exercise challenge on the card and, after successful completion, move the playing piece along the game board path. The board piece is marked to follow a path with the movable pieces based on the roll of a die and the level of the exercise challenge.

1 . A method of playing an exercise game comprising the steps of:
 providing a game board having a plurality of contiguous spaces, including exercise spaces and flexibility spaces arranged in a plurality of designated areas around the game board;   providing a plurality of playing pieces;   providing a plurality of exercise cards divided into groups, each group containing a plurality of cards; and   determining by chance which group of cards from which to select an exercise card.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the method of determining by chance the which group of cards from which to select an exercise card is made by a throw of a die. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein the die includes a plurality of colors corresponding to colors of each group of exercise cards. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein the die includes a wildcard indicia. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4  wherein said wildcard indicia permits free selection by a player of a card from any desired group of exercise cards. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein exercise instructions are imprinted on at least one face of said exercise cards, the instructions imprinted on each group of cards relating to the same category of exercises. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6  wherein said categories of exercises include jump rope exercises, box exercises, ladder drills, and core exercises. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 6  wherein said exercise instructions are provided for a plurality of levels. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 6  wherein said categories of exercises includes flexibility exercises. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing a plurality of exercise devices selected from the group consisting of
 box; 
 ladder; 
 jump rope; and 
 core mat. 
   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing a timing device.