Training apparatus includes: a base stand which has slide shafts that are
provided side by side and extend in the right-and-left directions; a
slide base portion which can slide along this slide shaft; a foot stand
which is provided over the slide base portion so as to be turned; a
connection mechanism portion which is formed by a rod and its support
portion that engages a substantially-middle proper part of the base stand
in the right-and-left directions and the foot stand, so that the sliding
position and the turning angle of the foot stand can be correlated; and a
spring which gives the slide base portion the force by which the slide
base portion moves toward a substantially-middle position of the base
stand in the right-and-left directions. Thereby, a sliding exercise and a
twisting exercise can be taken together, and the body trunk can be
effectively trained.