Exercise machine

A method of performing an exercise comprising the steps of:

• orienting a user body prone against a body support assembly, wherein the body support assembly is pivotally engaged with an exercise machine frame, the body support assembly comprising a chest pad assembly comprising a chest pad, an adjustment member, and a chest pad frame, wherein the adjustment member is attached to the chest pad and is in slidable engagement with chest pad frame, such that the chest pad can be positioned at varying distances from the chest pad frame;
• positioning a user's legs, such that a lower portion of the user's legs below the knee are stationary;
• counter balancing a user's body weight via a counter balance assembly attached to the body support assembly of the exercise machine frame;
• and
• moving the user's body from a downward position to a top position by pivoting the body support assembly from a downward position to a top position about the exercise machine frame via the user's knees.

An exercise machine comprising:

• a frame;
• a body support assembly in pivotable engagement with the frame;
• a knee pad assembly which is connected to the frame, wherein the body support assembly is in pivotable engagement with the knee pad assembly;
• and
• a counter balance assembly connected to the body support assembly, wherein, in operation, the body support assembly is pivotable from a downward position to a top position, and the counter balance assembly partially offsets a body weight of a user in a prone position against the body support assembly as the body support assembly is pivoted from the downward position to the top position.