Exercise Apparatus With a Pull Cord Central Pulley Attached to a Carriage and a Pulley Locking Mechanism

A retrofit kit for use with an exercise apparatus, the exercise apparatus including a frame, a carriage, and first and second frame pulleys, the frame having a frame head end and an opposing frame foot end, the frame defining a frame longitudinal axis, the carriage mounted on the frame and movable along the frame longitudinal axis, the second frame pulley attached to the frame adjacent the frame head end, the retrofit kit comprising:

• a pulley housing attachable to the carriage;
• a central pulley attached to the pulley housing;
• a pull cord having first and second handle portions, the pull cord being sized to be looped about the central pulley, the first frame pulley and the second frame pulley, the central pulley being positionable between the first and second frame pulleys along the pull cord, the central pulley being positionable with the first frame pulley being between the first handle portion and the central pulley along the pull cord, the central pulley being positionable with the second frame pulley being between the second handle portion and the central pulley along the pull cord;
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• a central pulley locking mechanism attached to the housing and configured to engage the central pulley for mitigating movement of the pull cord along the central pulley.