An exercise bench for performing exercises for the reduction of cellulite which
includes a frame having legs and a seating surface attached to the frame to support
a body of a user. The seating surface is located at a height above a floor upon
which the frame is placed that is greater than about twenty inches such that an
average user's feet do not fully touch the surface upon which the frame is placed.
A textured surface on the seating surface has a sufficient quantity and height
of protuberances to enable reduction of cellulite when skin of the user is placed
on the surface, the skin is kept relatively fixed relative to the textured surface,
and the body of the user is moved relative to the textured surface such that fat
tissue is moved relative to the textured surface. A method of using the bench is
also provided.