Abstract: The purpose of the safety and assistance strap is to securely suspend and also to provide quick height adjustment of dumbbells, barbells and exercise equipment to a specific height appropriate for the user prior to usage, beginning an exercise, and throughout the exercise acting as a safety device. As important is the finish and release of the equipment after the exercise whereby the safety assistance strap or SAS will prevent over extending. It is adjustable in heights in three large increments as well as numerous smaller increments. The present invention allows the user to quickly adjust the height, with one hand in large or small increments, without the need to remove the weight. It has a top end, which loops around horizontal supports and secures itself to a clasp upon the strap. The SAS has additional connection members at equal distances for quick height adjustment and a lower clasp at the end for the suspended exercise equipment.

Abstract: The wedge gripper is a flexible finger held device which protects the fingers while angling or wedging a bar towards or in the palm. The wedge gripper is not limited to a cylindrical excercise bar. It is effective with any cylindrical handle. The wedge gripper's trapezoid ends provide the shape to make it effective. The wedge gripper has a top wider than the parallel bottom and adjacent beveled sides which are the front and the back. The top provides protection of the finger area, pliable tension to the finger against a solid bar, and also is wide enough to create a beveled surface from top to bottom. The bottom creates a pocket for the folds of skin around the finger joints. The front, which is a beveled surface, rests against the solid surface of a bar. The back beveled surface protects the area on the finger from one joint crease to the other joint crease where it is placed. The wedge gripper is placed below the middle finger crease for pulling motions or above the middle crease for pushing motions.