Patent ID: 7670270

Claim:
An exercising machine comprising: a frame; at least one operating apparatus for performing a physical exercise; at least one load group supported by the frame; at least one cable for connecting the at least one load group with the at least one operating apparatus; and a plurality of transmission members supported by the frame and defining a path of the cable, the operating apparatus being displaceable between two consecutive transmission members to a desired position, the cable path including at least one exercising section defined by the two consecutive transmission members, the two consecutive transmission members being supported by the frame at respective fixed positions for rotation about respective axes extending transverse to respective pivot axes of the two consecutive transmission members to provide for rotational movement of the at least one exercising section about the transverse axes, wherein each at least one operating apparatus comprises a straight handle shaped to be gripped in a hand of a user, with the respective straight handle being connected with a respective at least one cable and with the respective straight handle being connected to said at least one cable to allow said respective handle to slide freely along the respective at least one cable for accommodating the user's work-out requirements.