Abstract: An abdominal exercise bar accessory having a rigid bar that is placed against a user's chest and cradled within his underarm region, with two alternating upward and downward extending handles attached to the bar opposite the user so that the user's arms partially overlap while gripping the handles. A rigid side extension extends upward from the bar and is attached to an overhead resistance station, such as a cable-and-pulley weight system. The bar is preferably concave, but may be straight, and preferably includes cushioned pads. A method of use in which the user rotates and moves the bar downward from an upright sitting position towards the user's thighs, causing it to travel in a non-circular, non-uniform pathway that matches that of the user's natural body movements, then returns to an upright sitting position.

Abstract: An abdominal exercise bar accessory includes a longitudinal rigid bar that the user presses against his chest and cradles within the user's underarm region, preferably with cushioned pads circumferentially attached to the bar, and two handles spaced apart extending out from the bar such that the user's forearms cross, generally parallel to each other and the bar, and grasp the hand-grip portions of the handles. In the preferred embodiment, the bar is concave shaped to match the contours of the user's chest for great comfort of use, is attached to an overhead resistance station, typically a cable-and-pulley weight station, and includes rigid side extensions perpendicularly attached to the ends of the bar, and flexible cables or straps that angle from the side extensions and connect to a fastener that may be attached and detached to the overhead resistance means.