Abstract: An exercise device includes a spring mounted handle carried on a base. The base may be carried by a support platform which also supports the user, may be releasably connected to the platform, may be hinged at the platform, or may be secured to a wall. A spring which mounts the handle to the base is an elongate spring and the handle is T-shaped so that a user may manipulate the handle in a plane generally parallel to the base or in a plurality of planes extending through the point of attachment of the spring to the base, the spring constituting an energy storing device which stores energy upon the application of force and releases that energy upon removal of such force.