of handle 3 a to run along an interior of hand opening 100 handle 3 a comprises a bottom side 4 a first vertical side 6 a top side 10 and a second vertical side 8 these four sides create a hand opening 100 the rope 5 progresses from the first opening 21 through a second opening 23 formed near the bottom of side 6 and runs along an exterior edge of first vertical side 6 rope 5 then passes through a third opening 25 into the hand opening 100 rope 5 next passes along an interior edge of top 10 and through the fourth opening 27 the end of the rope which is fixed at the other handle 3 passes through the bottom center of that handle 7 thence through a washer 35 and is knotted to prevent the rope from being pulled back through the hole the handles preferably comprise a rigid material fig3 denotes a first exercise that may be performed with the exercise device 1 in this exercise the user stands erect on the base such that his toes or the balls of his feet are centered between the pulleys he grasps the handles with his palms facing away from his body as indicated by u201c p u201d the arms are fully flexed with hands in front of the shoulders one arm is pushed upward while the other is drawn downward toward a pulley this motion is then repeated such that the other arm is raised as the opposite arm is lowered in a climbing motion as indicated by the arrows in fig4 the user stands erect with his palms facing his sides an arm is kept straight while being raised to a substantially perpendicular horizontal angle.