Patent ID: 6042516
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
In a skiing-simulative exercise apparatus comprising a foot trolley arranged for back and forth motion along a track; an upstanding post disposed adjacent a front end of the track; and a pair of handgrips, each of the handgrips attached by flexible attachment means to a resistance generating means disposed forwardly of the post, the resistance generating means providing a resistance when either handgrip is pulled rearwardly by an exerciser, an improvement comprisinga pair of horizontal arms extending rearwardly of an upper portion of an upstanding post, each of the arms having a respective forward end proximal to the post and a respective rearward end distal from the post;first and second pulleys, each of the first and second pulleys mounted for rotary motion about a respective axis adjacent the rearward end of a respective arm;a third pulley adjacent the forward end of the one of the arms andflexible connecting means extending from a first of the two handgrips to that one of the pulleys adjacent the rearward end of the first of the pair of arms; thence to the third pulley, thence to that one of the pulleys adjacent the rearward end of the second of the arms, and thence to the second of the two handgrips.