Abstract: A hand held type arm exercise device wherein the device is arranged to extend an individual's arms permitting raising and lowering of a stack of weights or single weight thereof mounted about a central rod, said central rod includes a pivot axle, and the pivot axle includes a plurality of handle rods, such that pivoting of the handle rods from a first position substantially aligned with the central shaft to a second position substantially obliquely oriented to the central rod effects vertical movement of the central rod and the weights.