Patent ID: 6270447
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
In the exercising mode of operation of an exercise device during which the arms of a user are thrust forwardly from a close starting position to a spaced clearance position against the resistance of an exercise weight, the improvement consisting of a method of increasing the force of said arm thrusts comprising the steps of:a) using right and left operable members each having a distal end and a proximal end;b) pivotally mounting said distal ends so that each said operable member partakes of a pivotal traverse;c) operably connecting said right and left operable members by a cable to an exercise weight means so that each said pivotal traverse is against the resistance of an exercise weight;d) providing a seat so that a seated exerciser is in reach of said proximal ends of said operable members;e) mounting in a horizontal orientation each of a right and left pair of handgrips, respectively, on said proximal ends of each of a said operable member; andf) embodying a bearing in an interposed position between a said handgrip mounting and a said end of a said operable member effective to provide a 360 rotational degree of movement in each said handgrip; andg) instructing an exerciser grasping said handgrip to start an arm thrust in a palms-up condition and during said arm thrust to rotate into a palms-down condition to thereby increase the force overcoming the resistance of the exercise weight.