Patent ID: 8070658

Claim:
A method of exercise comprising: providing an exercise apparatus comprising a frame, a pair of resistance cabling systems providing a user defined line of motion, each resistance cabling system comprising a resistance cable and a handle at an end of each resistance cable, each handle is grasped by the user to define the line of motion, a pair of weight stacks, each resistance cabling system connected to one of the pair of weight stacks, and a partial stabilizer pad being adjustably positionable to multiple fixed vertical positions offset from the line of motion, the pad disposed forwardly of and facing forwardly in a direction away from a rearwardly-disposed portion of the frame; the user positioning a select portion of his/her core body while standing in an upright position forwardly of and against the partial stabilizer pad, such that the pad is between the user and the rearwardly-disposed portion of the frame, while extending at least one of the cabling systems to define the user defined line of motion; and the user adjusting the pad to any one of multiple fixed vertical positions to engage a selected point of contact of the user's torso from the mid-scapular level to hip axis level while standing in the upright position to create the vertical offset between the line of motion and the point of contact on the user's torso that can be successively increased depending on the selected fixed vertical position of the pad.