Patent ID: 6958032

Claim:
A resistive exercise device, comprising: a frame; a plurality of resistance elements each supported on the frame, each resistance element having a supported end attached to the frame and a free end opposite the supported end, the free end being movable relative to the supported end in response to an applied force provided by a user and wherein each of the plurality of resistance elements is a linear resistance element whose force increases substantially linearly over a displacement range of the free end relative the supported end; a load transfer member, movable relative to the frame, for transferring the applied force to the free end of the at least one resistance element; a load selection template removably securable to the load transfer member; a plurality of capture mechanisms, each selected capture mechanism engaging the free end of a corresponding resistance element, such that the applied force to the load transfer member moves the load transfer member to displace the free end of each engaged resistance element; and a force applying mechanism for applying the applied force to move the load transfer member.