Patent ID: 7811211

Claim:
An exercise machine comprising: a frame; a resistance object; a first arm moveably attached to said frame to rotate about a first axis, said first arm also being connected to said resistance object; a second arm moveably attached to said frame to rotate about a second axis said second arm also being connected to said resistance object; a handle attached to said first arm and positioned at a push handle position so as to traverse a portion of a fixed path about said first axis; a handle attached to said second arm and positioned at a push handle position so as to traverse a portion of a fixed path about said second axis; a handle attached to said first arm and positioned at a pull handle position so as to traverse a portion of a fixed path about said first axis; a handle attached to said second arm and positioned at a pull handle position so as to traverse a portion of a fixed path about said second axis; and a bench having a seat portion attached to said frame; wherein said first axis and said second axis are not parallel to each other; wherein said path about said first axis traversed by said handle attached to said first arm at said push handle position and said path about said second axis traversed by said handle attached to said second arm at said push handle position intersect; wherein said path about said first axis traversed by said handle attached to said first arm at said pull handle position and said path about said second axis traversed by said handle attached to said second arm at said pull handle position also intersect; wherein a user on said seat portion and facing forward on said machine manipulates said handles in said push positions on each of said arms to perform a push-type exercise resisted by said resistance object; and wherein said user on said seat portion and facing backward on said machine manipulates said handles in said pull positions on each of said arms to perform a pull-type exercise resisted by said resistance object.