Patent ID: 7654940

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 and adapted to support a user in an exercise position, the user support moving between a start position and an end position during an exercise movement and 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 positioned in the exercise position on the user support and which move together throughout an exercise movement, the primary support portion comprising a seat portion; at least one user engagement device movably mounted relative to the main frame to move in an isolation exercise path defining an isolation arm movement 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 exercise path; the secondary support portion comprising spaced left and right arm rest portions adapted to be engaged by parts of the respective left and right arms of a user when the user is positioned in an exercise position on the user support and is moving the user engagement device in the isolation exercise path during an arm exercise; a connecting link which links movement of the user engagement device to movement of the user support; and a load which resists movement of at least one of the user support, user engagement device, and connecting link.