Abstract: Abdominal exercise apparatus and method comprising a flexible and resilient board of a length extending from one end near the head portion of a user to an opposite end removed therefrom. The board is constructed to be normally flat in configuration and is bendable into an upwardly curved configuration by upward movement of a user lying thereon to contract and shorten the abdominal muscles with the user's back and head portions in engagement with the board. Handles are removably mounted on the board near the one end thereof. In use, the handles are grasped by the hands of the user during movement to contract and shorten the abdominal muscles and to bend the board upwardly into a concave configuration against the resilient force of the board. During this upward movement, the user's head, neck, shoulder, back, and buttocks portions are supported by the board. Anchoring devices are provided at or near the opposite end of the board to secure the feet, legs or thighs of user thereto.

Abstract: Abdominal exercise apparatus comprising a flexible and resilient board of a length extending from one end near the head portion of a user to an opposing end removed therefrom. The board is constructed to be normally flat in configuration and is bondable into an upwardly curved configuration by upward movement of a user lying thereon to contract and shorten the abdominal muscles with the user's back and head portions in engagement with the board. Handles are removably mounted on the board near the one end thereof. In use, the handles are grasped by the hands of the user during movement to contract and shorten the abdominal muscles and to bend the board upwardly into a concave configuration against the resilient force of the board. During this upward movement, the user's head, neck, shoulder, back, and buttocks portions are supported by the board. Anchoring devices are provided at or near the opposite end of the board to secure the feet, legs or thighs of user thereto.