Apparatus for use during the performance of squat-jump type exercises

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention resides in an apparatus for use during the performance of a squat-jump type of exercise routine wherein the exercise routine includes a jump phase during which the user lifts the apparatus from the floor and a rebound phase during which the user returns the apparatus to the floor.
The apparatus includes a frame within which a user stands for the performance of a squat-jump type of exercise routine, and the frame includes hand grips with which the apparatus is lifted from the floor by the user during the jump phase of the exercise routine and is returned to the floor during the rebound phase of the exercise routine.
The hand grips are disposed on opposite sides of the user as the user stands within the frame.
The apparatus also includes leg members for engaging the floor and through which the weight of the frame is transferred to the floor when the apparatus is rested thereon, and the leg members are associated with the frame so that each leg member is movable relative to the frame between an extended condition and a retracted condition.
Means are associated with the frame for biasing the leg members from the retracted condition toward the extended condition so that when the apparatus is in a spaced relationship above the floor, the leg members are maintained in the extended condition by the biasing means and so that when the apparatus is lowered to the floor during the rebound phase of the exercise routine, the leg members engage the floor and are permitted to move relative to the frame toward the retracted position under the weight of the frame and in opposition to the force of the biasing means to thereby cushion the impact of the apparatus against the floor.