Method of performing exercise on exercise machine
OwnerRandall T. Webberinventor
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus has a support frame and an exercise arm assembly pivotally linked to the support frame for swinging movement in at least one fixed arc about a first pivot axis, the exercise arm assembly including at least one rigid, elongate exercise arm. A flexible handle assembly is secured to the exercise arm, the handle assembly having a hand grip portion for gripping by a user, and a flexible connecting portion securing the hand grip portion to the exercise arm to permit a variety of different upper body exercises to be performed by moving the hand grip portion in selected different paths as permitted by the flexible connecting portion.
Claims6
A method for performing any upper body exercise at a single exercise station on a machine having a support frame and a seat, the single exercise station having an exercise arm assembly linked to an exercise resistance and pivotally linked to a support frame for swinging movement in at least one fixed arc about a first pivot axis, the exercise arm assembly including at least one rigid, elongate exercise arm, and at least one flexible handle assembly secured to the exercise arm, the handle assembly having a hand grip portion for gripping by a user, and a flexible connecting portion securing the hand grip portion to the exercise arm, the method comprising:
- sitting on the seat;
- grasping the hand grip portion of the handle assembly at any desired hand and wrist orientation;
- and
- moving the hand grip portion in any selected straight, arcuate or multi-planar path so as to rotate said exercise arm assembly against the load of said exercise resistance in order to exercise any selected upper body muscles;
- whereby the flexible connecting portion of said handle assembly permits movement of said hand grip portion in any user-defined exercise path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.