Abstract: A portable safety device for use by fitness persons during a regimen involving the use of dumbbells. The device adapted to hold a dumbbell at the ready while the fitness person positions him or herself in the prone position on a weight bench to remove the dumbbell from the safety device in order to commence his or her fitness regimen, and wherein a cradle adapts to hold the dumbbell automatically moves to a dwell position away from the fitness person during his or her exercise.