Patent ID: 8267843

Claim:
A gluteus weight training machine comprising: a frame comprising (i) a base for stabilizing said machine, (ii) a first support arm with a first pivot point and a first stop peg, and (iii) a second support arm with a second pivot point and second stop peg; a user backrest that is linearly inclined with respect to a ground surface and that is linked to said frame at a position in between said first and second support arms with a height of the backrest about parallel with a height of the first and second pivot points at a position of said first and second pivot points, and wherein said backrest supports a user's back in an inclined supine position with hips of the user about parallel with said first and second pivot points; first and second rotating leg resistance members that rotate to emulate rotation of a user leg at the hips, wherein each particular rotating leg resistance member of the first and second rotating leg resistance members comprises: (i) a pivot point coupler that is located in between a first end and a second end of the particular rotating leg resistance member and that is connected to at least one of said first pivot point of said first support arm and said second pivot of said second support arm for rotation of the particular rotating leg resistance member at a position adjacent to and about a side of the backrest, wherein said first end is at an opposite end of the particular rotating leg resistance member than said second end; (ii) towards said first end of the particular rotating leg resistance member, a laterally extending bar having a pad against which a user's leg generates sufficient force to overcome an amount of fixed resistance at said second end in order to cause downward arcing rotation of the first end of the particular rotating leg resistance member; and (iii) towards said second end of the particular rotating leg resistance member, a weight assembly for adjusting an amount of weight used as the fixed resistance countering said downward arcing rotation of said first end of the particular rotating leg resistance member, and wherein said second end is weighted greater than said first end to establish a default starting position for the particular rotating leg resistance member with said first end above said first and second pivot points and said second end abutting one of said first and second stop pegs with a position below said first and second pivot points.