on the belt 102 and a distal end positioned near or on the user 39 s foot repeatedly extending and retracting the leg and or lifting the extended leg as shown generally by the arrows are examples of two representative exercises to strengthen the user 39 s muscles and tone the body including the gluteus and other lower body muscles fig3 is a schematic view of the user shown from the rear and in a standing but crouched position preparing to complete a different exercise with the fitness device 100 in the fig3 example the user has the leg loop member 110 engaged with the left foot and the leg loop member 112 engaged with the right foot the leg loop members 110 112 have their proximal ends 114 116 positioned at anchor points 122 124 respectively along the belt 102 in some embodiments and as described elsewhere in further detail the anchor points are movable along the belt to position the leg loop members 110 112 for proper execution of the selected exercise and the user 39 s comfort as well as to accommodate users of different sizes referring again to fig1 in a specific implementation a first proximal end 114 of the first leg loop member.