Resistive exercise harness, rack and cart

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a resistive exercise harness, a rack for use with the harness, and a cart for transporting one or more of the harness, the rack, or weights. The resistive exercise harness can be used to perform various functional movements/exercises and simulate loaded carries/movements relevant to certain occupations/sports/recreations. The resistive exercise harness can promote efficient biomechanics and decrease mechanical stresses on a user's knees and/or lower back relative to other resistive exercises such as a barbell squat. The rack can be assembled in a variety of indoor/outdoor environments for harness usage and disassembled for convenient storage and/or transportation. The cart can interface with the harness and disassembled rack for convenient storage and/or transportation in a variety of indoor/outdoor environments.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A resistive exercise harness system, the system comprising:
 an exercise harness comprising:
 an upper portion having shoulder supports, forwardly-extending grip handles, and upper back supports; 
 a lower portion having a mid/low back support, wherein the lower portion is configured to be adjusted to various positions relative to the upper portion to accommodate user's preferences and/or sizes; and 
 weight mounts; 
   a cart configured to transport the resistive exercise harness, the cart comprising a harness support and wheels, wherein the harness support is configured to support the exercise harness.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising a rack configured to be assembled and disassembled, wherein the exercise harness is configured to mount onto and unmount from the rack, and wherein the cart is configured to transport the disassembled rack. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the rack comprises an upper cross support, wherein the exercise harness is configured to mount and unmount onto the upper cross support, and wherein the upper cross support is adjustable to different positions to accommodate a user's preferences and size. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the rack comprises bottom supports, upright supports, and an upper cross support, and wherein the bottom supports, upright supports, and upper cross support are configured to couple together to form the rack. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the upright supports comprise weight storage mounts that are configured to interface with weights that are not in use. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the mid/low back support comprises a pad. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the cart comprises a plurality of weight storage mounts that are configured to interface with weights. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the system is configured to be stored within an area having a height of at least 16 inches, width of at least 24 inches, and length of at least 64 inches, such that the system is configured to be conveniently stored and/or transported in standard SUVs, pickup trucks, and/or select car trunks. 
     
     
         10 . A resistive exercise harness, the harness comprising:
 an upper portion comprising:
 shoulder supports configured to engage with shoulders of a user; 
 forwardly-extending grip handles configured to be grasped by the user; 
 upper back supports configured to engage with an upper back of the user; and 
 storage/racking hooks configured to hook onto a cross bar on a weight rack to mount and unmount the harness; 
   a lower portion comprising:
 a mid/low back support configured to engage with a mid or lower back of the user; and 
 mounts configured to receive weights thereon. 
   
     
     
         11 . The harness of  claim 10 , wherein the lower portion is adjustable relative to the upper portion. 
     
     
         12 . A resistive exercise harness, the harness comprising:
 an upper portion comprising shoulder supports configured to engage with shoulders of a user, forwardly-extending grip handles configured to be grasped by the user, and upper back supports configured to engage with an upper back of the user; and   a lower portion that comprises a mid/low back support configured to engage with a mid or lower back of the user and cylindrical mounts configured to receive weight plates thereon, wherein the cylindrical mounts extend outwardly from the lower portion of the harness.   
     
     
         13 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical mounts extend rearwardly from the lower portion of the harness. 
     
     
         14 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the lower portion is adjustable relative to the upper portion such that the mid/low back support is configured to be adjusted to various positions to accommodate user's preferences and/or sizes. 
     
     
         15 . The harness of  claim 14 , wherein the upper portion comprises a locking hole and the lower portion comprises a plurality of adjustment holes, wherein one of the plurality of adjustment holes is configured to be selectively aligned with the locking hole to place the lower portion in a desired position relative to the upper portion, and wherein a locking mechanism is configured to interface with the locking hole and adjustment holes to fix the lower portion to the upper portion in the desired position. 
     
     
         16 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the upper portion and lower portion form an inverted L-shape when viewed from the side. 
     
     
         17 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical mounts extend rearwardly from the mid/low back support at an angle between 30-60 degrees. 
     
     
         18 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the upper portion comprises a plurality of storage/racking hooks extending rearwardly from the upper portion, wherein the plurality of storage/racking hooks are configured to interface with at least a cross bar on a weight rack for mounting and unmounting the harness. 
     
     
         19 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the upper portion comprises a plurality of transporting/spotting grips that are configured to be used for transporting the harness and/or spotting a user during exercises. 
     
     
         20 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the shoulder supports, upper back supports, and/or mid/low back supports comprise pads, wherein the pads are configured to provide cushioning. 
     
     
         21 . The harness of  claim 12 , wherein the grip handles comprise distal ends having an enlarged size relative to the grip handles that are configured to help prevent a user's hand from slipping off the grip handles, and wherein the distal ends of the grip handles comprise spheres.