Resistance apparatus for exercise equipment

A method of performing foot and arm exercises on a treadmill exercise apparatus comprising a user standing on said treadmill exercise apparatus wherein said treadmill exercise apparatus comprises:

• a) treadmill exercise means, where, in said treadmill exercise means has a movable belt which has a top run and a bottom run, said top run has an upstream end and a downstream end,
• b) a frame attached perpendicular to said treadmill exercise means wherein said frame extends upwardly away from the ground surface,
• c) at least one elastic band, one end of said elastic band being affixed to said frame at a location at the upstream end and said elastic band connected to the frame above a user's waist, when said user is on said exercise apparatus, the other end of said elastic band having handle gripping means affixed thereto for gripping by a hand of the user, whereby said band provides resistive force against exertion upon said band by the arm and hand of the user of said apparatus while the user faces said band and pulls said band towards the user while the treadmill simultaneously urges the user away from said band,
• placing the user's feet on said belt whereby said user pushes said belt with said feet to rotate said belt;
• and at the same time said user grips one end of said band with said user's hand and said user pulls upwardly on said band with said hand away from the user, causing said band to stretch to a desired length against the resistance of said elastic band and then allows the band to contract back to the original position wherein the band pulls the user's hand toward the end of said band affixed to said treadmill exercise apparatus and the user repeats the stretching and contraction of said band and the moving on the belt until the user has achieved the desired workout.