Patent ID: 7713171

Claim:
An exercise system comprising: an exercise apparatus having a visual display, a user-engagement device, an actuator associated with said user-engagement device which can vary the exertion required of a user of said exercise apparatus, and a digital controller internal to said exercise apparatus, said digital controller being coupled to said actuator to control said actuator; a plurality of digitally formatted scripts stored on a single memory device, each of said digitally formatted scripts comprising a different set of timed changes in the exertion required of the user, said timed changes being modifiable based upon a performance of the user, said timed changes of said digitally formatted scripts being automatically adjusted based upon the performance of the user during the performance of said digitally formatted scripts; a digital memory device, separate from said exercise apparatus, storing images to be displayed on said visual display during the performance of said digitally formatted scripts, said digital memory device being selectively and removably coupleable, by the user of said exercise apparatus, directly to said exercise apparatus such that said digital memory device is in communication with said visual display to provide said images to said visual display.