Power hip, hack squat and leg exercise sled

摘要

An adjustable leg exercise device is provided which is easily configured for either a power hip, power leg, or hack squat exercise and is adaptable for safe use by athletes of different size and strength. The exercise device preferably includes a pair of parallel, spaced-apart, upwardly inclined rails each having a lowermost end secured to a floor- engaging base frame. Slidably mounted between the rails is a weight- receiving unit. Advantageously, the uppermost ends of the rails are interconnected by a yieldable structure permitting slight outward diverging movement of the rail upper ends during exercise thereby properly distributing the weight resistance to the athlete. An exercise unit positioning mechanism is included on at least one of the rails to permit adjustment of the starting position of the weight-receiving unit for accommodating various sized athletes. An adjustable bench is provided which is selectively positionable along the base frame from a use position to a stowed position. In the use position, the power hip exercise is easily performed, while the stowed position allows the performance of either the hack squat or power leg exercises. The bench includes a detachable portion which is attachable to the exercise unit for providing back support in the hack squat exercise. Preferably, an adjustable foot support is provided having a narrow plate for supporting the toes in the power leg exercise and a wide plate for supporting the entire foot during the hack squat exercise.