Patent ID: 7278955

Claim:
Method of performing an exercise comprising placing an exerciser's two feet on an exercise machine having a foot support suspended on a frame via movement of a linkage assembly back and forth wherein the linkage assembly is interconnected to a resistance mechanism; selecting an arcuate path along which the foot support travels as defined by the linkage assembly and the interconnection of the linkage assembly to the resistance mechanism; dividing the arcuate path into a plurality of segments; driving the foot support with a foot of the exerciser back and forth along a selected one of the plurality of segments during an exercise cycle in opposition to resistance exerted on the foot support by the resistance mechanism, wherein the resistance mechanism is pivotably mounted on the frame for movement between a plurality of exercise positions, each one of the plurality of exercise positions of the resistance mechanism defining a different one of the plurality of segments of the arcuate path, the method further comprising selecting one of the plurality of exercise positions of the resistance mechanism prior to the beginning of the exercise cycle.