Patent ID: 8317665

Claim:
An exercise machine, comprising: a stationary main frame having a rear end and a forward end; a user support frame pivotally mounted on the main frame which supports a user in an exercise position between an exercise start position and an exercise end position of the user support frame, the user support frame having primary and secondary user supports which move together to support spaced positions on a user's body in the same relative positions throughout an exercise movement; a user engagement device pivotally mounted on one of the frames and having at least one handle which is engaged and moved by the user in at least one path corresponding to an exercise; a connecting linkage which translates an exercise movement of the user engagement device into movement of the user support frame from an exercise start position to an exercise end position; a load which resists movement of the user support frame, user engagement device, or connecting linkage; an elongate flexible, load-bearing connecting linkage extending between the load and user support frame; first and second spaced anchors each configured for selective releasable connection to one end of the load-bearing connecting linkage, whereby the resistance felt by the user can be varied by attaching the load-bearing connecting linkage to the first anchor or second anchor; and at least the first anchor being located on the user support frame.