Patent ID: 8105207

Claim:
An exercise apparatus, comprising: a frame; a load mechanism positioned on said frame for providing a plurality of selectable weights, each of the selectable weights having an associated indicator device; a press positioned on said frame for displacing said load; a display for inputting and outputting data; a sensor positioned on said frame for measuring a displacement and a speed of said load; a port to receive a memory storage device for storing user data and user performance data for an exercise program comprising a plurality of exercising instructions; a processor in communication with said display and said sensor, said processor configured to: retrieve from a memory performance data for an operator of the exercise apparatus; determine an exercising instruction to send to the display for execution by the operator, with the exercising instruction determined based on information associated with the retrieved performance data for the operator; determine an indicator signal to send to the indicator device of one of the plurality of selectable weights of the load mechanism based on the retrieved performance data, the indicator signal used to indicate which one of the plural of weights to select; receive sensor data that provides a current to measure of the operator's performance of the exercising instruction on the exercise apparatus; compare the operator's current performance against the performance data for the operator to determine current performance data for the operator performing the exercising instruction; analyze the current performance data of the operator against a determined rate of performance of the exercising instruction; and transfer at least the operator's current performance data to said port that receives the memory storage device for saving the operator's performance of the exercise program.