Abstract: A multi-lifting weight apparatus is shown to enable the user to perform power squat lifts to develop leg strength throughout the hips, thighs and calf leg muscles, while at the same time eliminating back injuries to the user. The user is provided with a waist harness having a heavily padded belt furnished with both front and rear straps suspended from the belt down between the legs of the user. The lower ends of the straps are joined by a connector that supports a tension member that carries a roller assembly. This apparatus includes an elevated rack with a three-sided hand rail and a pair of platforms separated by a well section. The user stands on the platforms straddling the well section. Steps are formed at one end of the platforms serving as an entrance at the rear for mounting and dismounting the platforms. The front of the rack has a structural extension providing a raised horizontal pivot or fulcrum for an elongated lever that operates in a vertical plane that includes the well section.

Abstract: A weight lifting apparatus is shown to enable the user to perform power squat lifts to develop leg strength throughout the hips, thighs, and calf leg muscles, while at the same time eliminating back injuries to the user. The user is provided with a waist harness having front and rear straps suspended from a heavy belt down between the legs of the user. The belt has interior padding that extends above the top edge and below the bottom edge of the belt. The harness is connected to a weight holder by an adjustable chain so that all of the weight is carried by the lower half of the body. The weights remain below the user's body, and the center of gravity of the weights remains below the user's center of gravity. This apparatus is formed as an elevated rack having a pair of elongated platforms separated by a well section. The user straddles the platforms and the weights remain within the well section.