Patent ID: 7985166

Claim:
A treadmill conversion resistance training apparatus for a treadmill having left and right vertical support columns, said apparatus comprising mirror-image left and right attachments for attaching to said treadmill left and right vertical support columns, each of said attachments comprising: a vertical mounting bracket removably attachable to a treadmill vertical support column; a translation member rotatingly connectable to said vertical mounting bracket at a translation axis; an elongated handle having a first end and a distal user-engageable second end, said handle connected to said translation member proximal to said first end and lockable to said translation member at selected angles relative to said translation member, such that said handle is pivotable about said translation axis in a vertical plane substantially parallel to the front-to-back axis of said treadmill; one or more resistance straps removably connectable between said translation member and said vertical mounting bracket; wherein, said apparatus allows said exercise treadmill to continue to function as an exercise treadmill while said apparatus is attached to said exercise treadmill.