Abstract: In an exercise apparatus of the type in which a user is suspended in an inverted position for the purpose applying traction to his spinal column and for the purpose of performing strengthening exercises such as abdominal rotations and oblique curls, the user is provided with an unrestricted exercise space by mounting the conventional pivotable pelvic cushion and knee cushion assembly at the upper end of a single forwardly inclined post so that obstructing structure members are not used.