Exercise chair

Abstract

An exercise chair apparatus includes a chair having a seat, arms, a back, legs, and a space beneath the seat. The chair back has two or more exercising devices formed therein and has a pair of handles extendible from the devices in the back. The handles are held in cups in the chair back until grasped and pulled from the chair back by a seated person. A head band strap also embodied in the chair back is used for neck exercising and gripping support for abdominal exercises. In each chair arm is located an exercising device that has a handle extendible from the chair arm and recessed in a cup until grasped by a seated person, so that pulling the handles exercises the arms. The chair side panels beneath the chair arms have pulling devices similar to those in the chair arms and are also used to exercise the arms. Rubber caps are formed in the chair arm ends for hand squeezing and gripping support. An extendible tubular frame is attached to the chair frame beneath the seat and can be extended to various distances in front of the chair and an exercising device can be attached thereon for operation by a person sitting in the chair. An adjusting and locking system is provided for moving and locking the extended platform in different positions for the person in the chair, so that a conventional chair can be used as a seat for relaxation or for exercising while in a seated position.