Patent ID: 9545540
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A physical exercise apparatus, comprising: (a) a frame having a first portion configured to support a resistance load for an upper body, weight lifting exercise that is a target exercise for developing pectoralis muscles in an upper body of a user; (b) a flat bench, vertically spaced above the ground, supported by the frame and configured to provide the user with access to the resistance load and to support the user for performing the target exercise comprising the upper body, weight lifting exercise while the user is lying on the flat bench in a supine position with the user in a horizontal position lying on the user's back and facing upward, wherein the target exercise is configured to develop the pectoralis muscles in the upper body of the user; (c) a pair of movable foot pedals connected to a second portion of the frame but not connected to the resistance load so that the resistance load that is associated with the target exercise is not applied to the pair of movable foot pedals, and configured for the user to perform the upper body, weight lifting exercise to develop the user's pectoralis muscles, while in the supine position on the flat bench, and simultaneously cycling with the pair of movable foot pedals as a physical distraction exercise to engage muscles of the lower body of the user with a physical distraction to inhibit the muscles of the lower body from assisting the user's pectoralis muscles of the upper body in the target exercise, wherein the movable foot pedals for cycling are adjustable to a selected location at a vertical level above a height of the flat bench in a two-dimensional plane at which the movable foot pedals are releasably secured to be configured for cycling by the user as the distraction exercise while in the supine position with the user's legs above the flat bench so that the user remains in postural alignment for performing the target exercise simultaneously with the distraction exercise, and (d) at least two adjustment members positionable above the height of the flat bench to adjust the selected location of the movable foot pedals to the vertical level above the height of the flat bench including: