Cross-country ski exerciser

An exerciser for simulating cross country skiing comprising a frame having first and second ends, support means on said frame and within the peripheral dimensions thereof for supporting a pair of skis, said support means comprising first and second freely rotatable roller means for each of said skis rotatably mounted adjacent the first and second ends of said frame, respectively, said first and second roller means for each of said skis being spaced apart in longitudinal direction but simultaneously engageable by skis worn by a user of the exerciser, and separate drive roller means for each of said skis at center portions of said frame and positioned between the respective first and second freely rotating rotatable roller means, said separate drive roller means for each of said skis being substantially midway between the first and second freely rotating rotatable roller means for the respective skis, a shaft member rotatably mounted on said frame, both of said separate drive roller means being mounted on said shaft, one way clutch means mounting each of said separate drive roller means to said opposite ends of said shaft, a flywheel drivably mounted on said shaft, whereby movement of each of a pair of skis supported on their respective roller means will cause the respective drive roller means to rotate said flywheel in one direction and each of said drive roller means being free wheeling in the opposite direction from said one direction whereby energy imparted to each of said drive roller means is stored in a common flywheel.