Fitness apparatus as body suit forms under pressure chamber aided by body surface held at pressure lower than ambient pressure and held clear of body by spacers

摘要

The body suit (1a) and part of the body surface complete an under pressure chamber (5) load at less pressure than the external ambient pressure, the under-pressurized sector to include a part of the stomach and/or posterior and/or hips and/or thighs. The fitness apparatus (1) uses spacers (10,11) to hold the suit away from the body in places, spacer (10) forming an overpressure chamber (12) at pressure above ambient apparatus pressure. The spacers lie between under pressure chamber and body and partly in belt or cage form. The apparatus has a pump (15) with under pressure inlet (15a) connected to the under pressure chamber as opposed to the pump overpressure outlet (15b) connecting to chamber (12). The pump can be worn by the user.