Patent ID: 7731643

Claim:
A machine for exercising, the machine comprising: a stand having a seat for a user; a curved member connected to the stand and having a curved length curving on a radius that is centered at or near a shoulder point generally above said seat so that the shoulder point is near a shoulder of a seated user; an elongated, rigid grasp arm having an inner end and an outer end, a handle at or near the outer end, and a grasp arm length between said inner end and the handle, the inner end being at or near the curved member and pivotally connectable to the curved member at various connection locations along the curved length, so that the grasp arm pivots relative to the curved member when the handle is pushed or pulled by the user in an exercise movement; a resistance system operatively connected to the grasp arm to resist the pivoting of the grasp arm relative to the curved member; wherein the handle is constrained by said grasp arm to move, during the pivoting of the grasp arm and throughout the entire exercise movement, along a handle path that is a constant radial distance from the connection location, said constant radial distance being equal to said grasp arm length, and said handle path being between a retracted-position that is at or near said shoulder-point and a respective outreached-position distanced from the shoulder-point.