Exercise equipment

Abstract

Exercise apparatus ( 10, 110 ) comprises a generally spheroidal main part ( 12, 112 ) having a weight providing portion ( 14, 114 ). The main part defines first and second receiving formations ( 16, 18, 117, 118 ) to receive a part of a limb of a user, wherein the weight of the main part is in the range of 1 kg to 20 kg.

1 . Exercise apparatus comprising a generally spheroidal main part having a weight providing portion, wherein the main part defines a receiving formation to receive a part of a limb of a user. 
     
     
         2 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the main part defines first and second receiving formations to receive a respective part of first and second limbs of a user. 
     
     
         3 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the, or each, receiving formations are in the form of a respective recess. 
     
     
         4 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the first and second receiving formations are arranged opposite each other. 
     
     
         5 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight providing portion is provided within the main part, and the receiving formations are defined opposite each other in the spheroidal main part. 
     
     
         6 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a protruding portion is provided on the main part in the, or each, receiving formation, and protrude outwardly from the main part into the receiving formation. 
     
     
         7 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1  including holding means to hold the exercise apparatus on a user's foot or feet, the holding means comprising a plurality of straps, each extending across a respective one of the recesses. 
     
     
         8 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight of the main part is at least partially provided by the weight providing portion and is in the range of 1 kg to 20 kg. 
     
     
         9 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the main part comprises a body and at least one weight providing portion removably mounted on the body. 
     
     
         10 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the main part comprises first and second removable weight providing portions, mountable opposite each other on the body. 
     
     
         11 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the main part comprises a plurality of selectable weight members, which can be interchangeably mounted on the body to vary the weight of the exercise apparatus. 
     
     
         12 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the exercise apparatus has corresponding securing formations to selectively secure each of the weight members on the body, the corresponding securing formations comprising a projection on the weight member or the body and a hole defined in the body or the weight member. 
     
     
         13 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein the projection and the hole are threaded to allow the projection to be threadably received in the hole. 
     
     
         14 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein each weight member comprises a respective projection, and the hole is defined in the body. 
     
     
         15 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein the body has two oppositely arranged securing formations so that two weight members can be secured to the body opposite to each other. 
     
     
         16 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the weight of the body is in the range of 1 kg to 4 kg. 
     
     
         17 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the, or each, weight member has a weight in the range of ¼ kg to 9 kg. 
     
     
         18 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the exercise apparatus comprises a plurality of weight members, wherein at least one weight member can be selected to be secured to the body, the plurality of weight members having a plurality of different weights. 
     
     
         19 . Exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein attaching means is provided to attach an end region of an elongate article to the main part, the attaching means comprising an aperture defined by the main part. 
     
     
         20 . A weight lifting arrangement comprising two of exercise apparatus as claimed in claim  25  each exercise apparatus being attached to a respective opposite end of the elongate article.