Patent ID: 7901337

Claim:
An arm exercise machine for performing isolation arm exercises, comprising: a main frame having a front end and a rear end; a user support pivotally mounted relative to the main frame to support a user in an exercise position facing the front end of the main frame and moving between a start position and an end position during an exercise movement, the user support having a primary support portion and at least one secondary support portion which are adapted to support spaced positions on a user's body when the user is supported in the exercise position on the user support and which move together throughout an exercise movement; at least one user engagement device movably mounted relative to the main frame and moving between a start position and an end position during an exercise movement, the user engagement device adapted to move in an arcuate exercise path corresponding to at least one isolation arm exercise and having a user engaging portion which is adapted to be engaged by a user positioned on the user support to move the user engagement device in the isolation arm exercise path throughout an entire exercise movement, whereby movement of main portion of the user engagement device in the isolation arm exercise path by the user requires translational movement of only a first, lower part of one or both of the user's arms; the user engaging portion of the user engagement device being positioned forward of at least one of said primary and secondary support portions at least in the start position for an isolation arm exercise; a connecting link which links movement of the user engagement device to movement of the use support; a load which is configured to resist movement of at least one of the user support, user engagement device, and connecting link when the user engagement device moves in said arcuate exercise path corresponding to an isolation arm exercise; and the secondary support portion comprising left and right arm rest portions adapted to be engaged simultaneously by parts of the respective left and right arms of a user during movement of the user engagement device along the entire isolation arm exercise path when the user is positioned in an exercise position on the user support.