Patent ID: 7303514

Claim:
An exercise machine configured to rest on a support surface, comprising: a load; a support frame operatively positioned relative to the load and having an outwardly extending guide member configured to extend along the support surface; a first exercise station coupled to the support frame; a moveable support having a first end portion positioned at least proximate to the first exercise station and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the moveable support having an approximately horizontal portion configured to support a weight of a user during an exercise, the moveable support being slidably engaged with the outwardly extending guide member of the support frame and moveable along a movement axis; a second exercise station operatively coupled to the second end portion of the moveable support; and wherein the force-transfering assembly is configured to allow the moveable support to move along the movement axis without a force-transferring assembly operatively coupling the second exercise station and the load and configured to transmit an exercising force exerted by the user on the second exercise station to the load, the force-transferring assembly including: a pulley coupled to the outwardly extending guide member of the support frame proximate the second end portion of the moveable support, and a cable having a first end coupled to the moveable support and a second end coupled to the second exercise station, the cable extending from the first end to the pulley, operatively engaging the pulley, and extending back toward the first end portion of the moveable support, operatively engaging another portion of the force-transferring assembly, and extending back to the second exercise station, wherein the force-transferring assembly is configured to allow the moveable support to move along the movement axis without decoupling the force-transferring assembly from the second exercise station, and wherein the force-transferring assembly is further configured to apply a counter force on the moveable support that at least partially counters a reactive force applied by the user to the moveable support during use of the second exercise station.