Lower body mimetic exercise device with fully or partially autonomous right and left leg links and ergonomically positioned pivot points

An exercise device having (-) a frame with a forward end and a rearward end wherein the frame is configured and arranged to accommodate user access onto the exercise device from the rearward end, (-) left and right leg linkages, each including (i) an upper leg member pivotally coupled to the frame for pivoting about an upper pivot point with the upper pivot point of each leg linkage defining a point on a laterally extending upper pivot axis that passes through the upper pivot point of each leg linkage, and (ii) a lower leg member directly pivotally coupled to the upper leg member distal to the upper pivot point for pivoting about a lower pivot point, and (-) a foot support attached to each lower leg member distal to each respective lower pivot point, characterized by an ergonomically synergistic combination of:

• (a) an interconnection of the upper leg members for synchronized out of phase pivoting about each respective upper pivot point,
• (b) each of the lower leg members being separate and independent for autonomous pivoting of each of the lower leg members relative to each other about each respective lower pivot point, and
• (c) a joint-pivot spatial correlation selected from at least one of:
• (i) a location of the upper pivot axis configured to pass through or posterior to the hip region of an orthostatic forward facing suited user supported upon the foot supports with the foot supports horizontally and vertically aligned, and
• (ii) a location of each of the lower pivot points configured to be respectively proximate to one of the knees of an orthostatic forward facing suited user supported upon the foot supports with the foot supports horizontally and vertically aligned.