Patent ID: 7413532

Claim:
Exercise apparatus comprising a weight stack for opposing a given exercise motion through a cable and pulley system, said weight stack comprising a first set of a plurality of primary weights vertically stacked on each other, a primary weight selector having a plurality of settings selectively controlling the number of primary weights to be lifted by said cable during said exercise motion, a second set of a plurality of secondary weights, a secondary weight selector having a plurality of settings selectively controlling the number of said secondary weights to be lifted by said cable during said exercise motion; said primary weights are vertically stacked on each other in a first vertical stack, and said secondary weights are vertically stacked on each other in a second vertical stack; said secondary weight selector comprises a bridge plate extending laterally from said first vertical stack and having an engagement member selectively engagable with said secondary weights such that said secondary weights are lifted by said bridge plate upon lifting of said primary weights by said cable; said secondary weights have respective vertical legs extending upwardly adjacent said first vertical stack, said legs being selectively engagable by said engagement member of said bridge plate and providing said plurality of settings of said secondary weight selector.