Patent ID: 7775936

Claim:
An exercise apparatus for exercising the upper body simultaneously with lower body exercise, the apparatus comprising: a lower body exercise machine, the lower body exercise machine having a lower body exercise resistance mechanism for providing resistance to lower body exercise; at least one upper body exercise module mounted on the lower body exercise machine, or to one or more mounting assemblies affixed to the lower body exercise machine, in a position that does not interfere with an otherwise existing egress path directly behind a user as defined by a predetermined, normal, forward-facing user position on the lower body exercise machine, the at least one upper body exercise module adapted to provide resistance to a full natural arm swing of at least one arm of the user, the at least one upper body exercise module comprising: an elongated connector having first and second ends; a user engagement connected to the elongated connector first end for engaging or being engaged by a body appendage of a user; and an upper body exercise resistance mechanism for resisting a tensile force applied to the first end of the elongated connector, wherein the upper body exercise resistance mechanism is independent of the lower body exercise resistance mechanism and does not exclusively consist of elasticity of the elongated connector.