Folding portable exercise apparatus

A folding portable exercise apparatus having a padded chest bar and a padded lap bar. Two pairs of length-adjustable telescoping rods connect the bars. Each pair of telescoping rods is joined by a coil spring. An abdominal belt may be fastened around and underneath the user. The device may be used to exercise the upper abdominal muscles, the triceps, the pectoral muscles, and the back and lower abdominal muscles. The device may be disassembled and folded into a compact arrangement for storage and travel by detaching the coil springs from one pair of telescoping rods. This allows the device to be separated into two components. The telescoping rods may be folded so that they lie along the major length of the respective chest bar and lap bar. The belt may then be used to secure the two folded components together producing a compact package approximately the length and width of the chest bar and lap bar.