Combined exercise/weight bench/lower cable station device

A combined exercise/weight bench/lower cable station device, comprising:

• a bench;
• a front support leg with an integral lift and user-support handle, the leg for supporting the bench in a use position;
• means for pivoting the bench to an upright, stowed position;
• a mechanical device for holding the bench in the upright, stowed position;
• a cable riser that is generally “S” shaped, with curved upper and lower end portions and a generally vertical intermediate section;
• a cable running through the riser;
• a number of cable-directing pulleys in the riser, to inhibit the cable from binding in the riser;
• a weight-carrying saddle coupled to one end of the cable;
• the other end of the cable extending from the lower portion of the riser underneath the bench while the bench is in the use position;
• and
• a generally vertical saddle travel rod along which the saddle moves up and down as the saddle is pulled by the cable, wherein the saddle travel rod has a cross-sectional shape that is not round, to inhibit rotation of the saddle about the saddle travel rod.