Patent ID: 7878951

Claim:
A gymnastic machine, comprising: a frame; a longitudinal guide supported on the frame; a starting station attached to the frame; a slide displaceable along said longitudinal guide in a given direction from and to the starting station; a support member associated with said slide for supporting a user's first limb to guide it along said given direction to enable a scissor movement of said first limb with respect to a user's second limb which is housed at the starting station; and regulating means for regulating the position of said support member with respect to said frame in order to control a stretching action exerted, in use, on said first limb during said scissor movement, wherein said regulating means comprises a first regulating device for varying the inclination of said support member with respect to said frame, in relation to the current distance between said slide and said starting station; wherein said first regulating device comprises a roller tappet carried by said slide and a shaped member delimited by a profile suitable for controlling the rotation of said support member with respect to said frame.