Patent ID: 7837597

Claim:
An exercise machine capable of exercising a user by causing the user to ambulate along a moving belt at one or more desired, selected or determined speeds, the machine comprising: a frame; a motor assembly operable to drive a movable belt, wherein operation of the motor assembly causes the movable belt to move which facilitates exercise of a user; a memory storing an electronically determined weight of a user, the electronically determined weight being indicative of electronic weight signals representing a load placed on a scale, said scale comprising at least two load cells outputting said electronic weight signals from parallel circuits configured to provide accurate total weight readings even when said total weight is unequally distributed between said at least two load cells; a processor processing said electronic weight signals to determine said one or more values of said weight; and an electronic display capable of displaying exercise-related information, wherein at least some of the exercise-related information displayed on the electronic display is calculated by said processor using said one or more values of said weight.