Patent ID: 7335140

Claim:
A triceps dip exercise machine, comprising: a main frame having a user support pivot mount, a forward end, and a rear end; a user support pivotally mounted on the user support pivot mount for supporting a user in an exercise position and movable between a start position and an end position at a different angle from the start position; a uni-directional exercise arm movably mounted on the frame, the exercise arm having handles for gripping by a user in performing a triceps dip exercise and the exercise arm being movable in a first direction between an exercise start position and an exercise end position, the handles being positioned on opposite sides of the user support at a first elevation in the exercise start position and at a second elevation lower than the first elevation and below at least part of the user support in the exercise end position; a connecting linkage connecting movement of the exercise arm to movement of the user support, whereby movement of the exercise arm from the start to the end position simultaneously rotates the user support from the start to the end position; and a load which provides exercise resistance to movement of at least one of the user support, exercise arm, and connecting linkage, the exercise resistance being provided only when the exercise arm is moved in the first direction.