Stretch machine with adjustment features

A method of stretching comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a stretch machine comprising:
• i) a front base;
• ii) a back base;
• iii) a seat rail that extends substantially horizontally from said back base toward said front base and comprising:
• a plurality of seat adjustment recesses;
• iv) a handlebar assembly comprising:
• a handlebar;
• v) a front support that extends up to said handlebar assembly;
• vi) a seat assembly comprising:
• a knee cushion supported by a knee cushion base;
• a back cushion supported by a back cushion bracket;
• and
• a seat assembly pivot;
• vii) a rail bracket that is slidably engaged with the seat rail and comprising:
• a left pedal and a right pedal;
• a seat assembly aperture for receiving a seat retainer;
• wherein the seat retainer extends through the seat assembly aperture of the rail bracket and into the seat assembly pivot to enable the seat assembly to rotate about the seat assembly pivot;
• a rail aperture for receiving a rail retainer;
• wherein the rail retainer extends through the rail aperture of the rail bracket and into one of the plurality of seat adjustment recesses to retain the rail bracket and the seat assembly attached thereto, in a set position;
• and
• wherein an offset distance of the seat assembly to the handlebar can be adjusted;
• b) removing the rail retainer from the respective seat adjustment recess in the seat rail to free the rail bracket to move along the seat rail;
• c) moving the rail bracket and seat assembly attached thereto to a new location along the seat rail;
• d) inserting the rail retainer into the respective seat adjustment recess of the new location to retain the rail bracket and seat assembly attached thereto in a new position and changing said offset distance;
• and
• e) performing a stretch exercise on the stretch machine.

A method of stretching comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a stretch machine comprising:
• i) a front base;
• ii) a back base;
• iii) a seat rail that is coupled with the back base and extending toward the front base and comprising:
• a plurality of seat adjustment recesses;
• iv) a handlebar assembly comprising:
• a handlebar;
• v) a front support that extends up to said handlebar assembly;
• vi) a seat assembly comprising:
• a knee cushion supported by a knee cushion base;
• a back cushion supported by a back cushion bracket;
• and
• a seat assembly pivot;
• vii) a rail bracket that is slidably coupled with the seat rail and comprising:
• a left and a right pedal;
• a seat assembly aperture for receiving a seat retainer;
• wherein the seat retainer extends through the seat assembly aperture of the rail bracket and into the seat assembly pivot to enable the seat assembly to rotate about the seat assembly pivot;
• a rail aperture for receiving a rail retainer;
• wherein the rail retainer extends through the rail aperture of the rail bracket and into one of the plurality of seat adjustment recesses to retain the rail bracket and the seat assembly attached thereto, in a set position;
• and
• wherein an offset distance of the seat assembly to the handlebar can be adjusted;
• viii) a standing stretch board;
• wherein the standing stretch board is detachably attachable to the stretch machine;
• wherein the standing stretch board extends from a front of the stretch machine and wherein the handlebar assembly comprises a front handlebar configured proximal to the standing stretch board and a back handlebar configured more proximal to the seat assembly than the front handlebar;
• wherein the front support comprises a plurality of stretch board apertures and wherein the standing stretch board comprises an attachable end and an extended end, and
• wherein the attachable end can be attached to any of the plurality of stretch board apertures to change an incline angle of the standing stretch board;
• b) disengaging the attachable end of the standing stretch board from a first aperture of the plurality of stretch board apertures;
• c) attaching the attachable end of the standing stretch board to a second of the plurality of stretch board apertures that is different that the first aperture to change the incline angle of the standing stretch board;
• d) performing a standing stretch on the standing stretch board while holding onto the front handlebar.