Exercise garment with targeted resistance

Abstract

An exercise garment includes a vest, and a belt joined to the vest with spaced apart elastic straps. The vest has a right front portion, a left front portion, a back portion, and right and left shoulder portions. Non-stretch straps stitched to the right front portion converging to a first fastener and non-stretch straps stitched to the left front portion converge to a second fastener. The belt has an elongated body; a fastener that adjustably fastens the first end and the second end of the body in an overlapping configuration, non-stretch handle straps distributed along the body; and spaced apart elastic straps. The elastic straps each have a first end stitched to the belt and a fastener at the second end that mated to one of the non-stretch strap fasteners. The exercise garment solves back pain by strengthening a person’s core muscles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An exercise garment comprising:
 a vest having a right front portion, a left front portion, a rear portion, and right and left shoulder portions;   non-stretch straps affixed to the right front portion converging to a first fastener;   non-stretch straps affixed to the left front portion converging to a second fastener; and   a belt spaced from and joined to the vest with spaced apart elastic straps, the belt having:
 an elongated body with a first end and a second end; 
 a third fastener operative to adjustably couple the first end and the second end in an overlapping configuration; and 
 non-stretch handle straps distributed along the elongated body; 
 wherein the spaced apart elastic straps include
 front spaced apart elastic straps, each having a first strap end affixed to the belt and a second strap end affixed to a mating fastener, the mating fastener being mated to one of the first fastener and the second fastener; and 
 rear spaced apart elastic straps joining a top portion of the belt to a bottom portion of the rear portion of the vest. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The exercise garment of  claim 1 , wherein the right and left shoulder portions comprise:
 a top right front non-stretch strap extending from a top of the right front portion;   a top right rear non-stretch strap extending from a right side of a top of the rear portion;   a top left front non-stretch strap extending from a top of the left front portion;   a top left rear non-stretch strap extending from a left side of the top of the rear portion; and   a right shoulder fastener adjustably fastening the top left front non-stretch strap to the top left rear non-stretch strap;   a left shoulder fastener adjustably fastening the top right front non-stretch strap to the top right rear non-stretch strap.   
     
     
         3 . The exercise garment of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a front right-side tension adjustment dial affixed to the right front portion of the vest, having a right-side lace looping through a first right-side orifice on a top right front non-stretch strap and a second right-side orifice on the right front non-stretch strap; and   a front left-side tension adjustment dial affixed to the left front portion of the vest, having a left-side lace looping through a first left-side orifice on a top left front non-stretch strap and a second left-side orifice on the left front non-stretch strap.   
     
     
         4 . The exercise garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first fastener mates to the mating fastener on a left front of the belt and the second fastener mates to the mating fastener on a right front of the belt. 
     
     
         5 . The exercise garment of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 non-stretch straps affixed to a right portion of the rear portion converging to a fourth fastener mated to the mating fastener; and   non-stretch straps affixed to a left portion of the rear portion converging to a fifth fastener mated to the mating fastener.   
     
     
         6 . The exercise garment of  claim 1 , further comprising a wirelessly connected sensor device embedded in the vest. 
     
     
         7 . The exercise garment of  claim 1 , further comprising a shell garment housing the exercise garment, wherein slots in the shell garment are configured to receive the non-stretch handle straps so that they are accessible from an exterior of the shell garment. 
     
     
         8 . The exercise garment of  claim 7 , wherein the shell garment has armholes, a waist portion, a collar portion, and a central fastener that extends from the waist portion to the collar portion. 
     
     
         9 . A method of performing resistance exercise, comprising:
 donning the exercise garment of  claim 1 ,   fastening the first fastener to one of the mating fasteners;   fastening the second fastener to another one of the mating fasteners;   fastening and adjusting the belt;   grasping the non-stretch handle straps; and   crunching forward, backward, to a side, or diagonally.