Portable Erercise Equipment

Abstract

The multi-modal portable exercise equipment of the present invention includes matable first and second generally hemispheric exercise half bodies that in mated condition provide a generally spherical exercise ball that in one exercise modality of the multi-modal portable exercise equipment of the present invention is attached to external exercise equipment such as the cable of an exercise machine or resistance band and can be used by a subject for strength and other allied training exercises and that in another exercise modality thereof the first and second generally hemispheric exercise half bodies in unmated condition each provide a freestanding generally hemispheric exercise half body and can be used by a subject for balance and other allied training exercises. The first and second generally hemispheric exercise half bodies in unmated condition are each constituted of a plurality of spherical caps in nested relation that may be unpacked and used by a subject for balance and other allied training exercises of low, medium and high use difficulty.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band, comprising:
 a member shaped as an oversized basketball so cut around its center plane as to substantially provide two halves each having a peripheral edge;   a zipper attached to the peripheral edges of said two halves that extends substantially therearound and releaseably joins the two halves;   each half has a wall defining at inside and an outside wherein the wall of each half is provided with two slots that open thereinthrough in such a way that the two slots of each half are aligned and face each other on opposing sides thereof and are each proximate to and spaced from the peripheral edge thereof;   an elongated strap having ends and an O-ring on each end is inserted into and attached to the inside wall of each half such that one end with its O-ring extends out one slot and the other end with its O-ring extends out the other slot of each half.   
     
     
         2 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 1 , wherein the member sized as an oversized basketball is an oversized basketball one which is substantially (1.5) inch radius larger than a standard sized basketball. 
     
     
         3 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 1 , wherein the member shaped as an oversized basketball is cut around its central plane all around into two separate and independent halves. 
     
     
         4 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 1 , wherein the slots are each elongated slots sized to admit an O-ring thereinthrough. 
     
     
         5 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 1 , wherein the O-rings are threadably attached to each said strap end. 
     
     
         6 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 1 , further including a liner the fixed to the inside wall of each said half. 
     
     
         7 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 6 , wherein each said liner is segmented. 
     
     
         8 . The portable exercise equipment to enable a subject to exercise against an exercise machine's cable or resistance band of  claim 1 , where said member is partially cut around its center plane so as to provide two halves, each having a peripheral edge, said halves joined about the portion that remains uncut that connects the two halves and serves as a pivot hinge.