Patent ID: 8057367

Claim:
A method comprising of exercise: providing an exercise apparatus comprising a pair of resistance cabling systems each having a resistance cable interconnected to a handle at an end of the resistance cable providing a user defined line of motion, each resistance cabling system further comprising a weight stack connected to a respective resistance cable, and a partial stabilizer pad being adjustably positionable offset from the line of motion, the partial stabilizer pad being mounted to an extender arm having a forward end and a rearward end, the rearward end being pivotally coupled to the frame at a rearwardly-disposed portion thereof and extending the pad forwardly from said rearwardly-disposed portion; the user positioning a select portion of his/her core body against the partial stabilizer pad between a mid-scapular and hip axis level, grasping at least one of the handles while so positioned against the pad and extending the a respective resistance cabling system to define the user defined line of motion; the user adjusting the pad to any one of multiple vertical positions to engage a selected point of contact of the user's torso between the mid-scapular level and hip axis level to create an offset between the line of motion and the point of contact on the user's torso that can be successively increased depending on the selected vertical position of the pad; and the user standing in an upright orientation during the step of positioning.