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An exercise machine facilitating performance by human beings of a wide variety of muscle strengthening and toning exercises comprises a vertically elongated open frame of sufficient height for an average individual to stand inside. Weight trucks holding a selected total weight are vertically rollabl

An exercise machine facilitating performance by human beings of a wide variety of muscle strengthening and toning exercises comprises a vertically elongated open frame of sufficient height for an average individual to stand inside. Weight trucks holding a selected total weight are vertically rollable on vertical members of the frame, and are coupled via cables running over pulleys on opposite lateral sides of the frame to individual pull handles, a single handlebar, or a single footbar, depending on the exercise being performed. Movement of the cables is resisted by the force of gravity acting on the weight trucks. The exercise machine includes a bench having a front seat section joined by a lateral hinge to a rear back rest section, and is adjustable in height and inclination, or removable entirely from the machine, to permit an individual standing or seated in a wheel chair within the frame to perform various exercises. A leg exercise attachment pivotably attached to front of the frame of the exercise machine is pivotable in a vertical plane. A selected resistance force to pivotable motion of the leg exercise attachment is provided by the weight truck via a cable running over front and rear upper pulleys to diagonal, horizontal and vertical pulleys, respectively, and then to the bottom of the leg exercise attachment.

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An exercise machine comprising: a. a vertically elongated open, box-like structure having a generally rectangular transverse cross-sectional shape and of sufficient height to stand upright within the interior space of said structure, said structure having a horizontally disposed rectangular roof fra

An exercise machine comprising: a. a vertically elongated open, box-like structure having a generally rectangular transverse cross-sectional shape and of sufficient height to stand upright within the interior space of said structure, said structure having a horizontally disposed rectangular roof frame, a plurality of vertically disposed columnar members, one each attached to and extending downwards from each corner of said roof frame, said columnar members constituting right and left front vertical frame members and right and left rear vertical frame members, and two intermediate vertical columnar members, one each rearward of and parallel to said right and left front vertical frame members, respectively, b. at least one reaction force producing means fastened to said structure, c. at least one pulley mounted near the upper portion of said structure, d. a cable extending vertically upwards over and around the sheave of said pulley, said cable being fastened at one end to the free end of said reaction force producing means, said cable being graspable at its other end and pullable against the reaction force of said reaction force producing means, and e. a bench section, said bench section comprising, (i) a generally flat front seat section having a generally square plan view, said front seat section having attached to its underside an elongated, laterally disposed tubular support member, said tubular support member having at opposite lateral ends means for adjustably fastening at a selected height to an intermediate vertical frame member, and supporting said end of tubular member, thereby supporting said front seat section at a desired height, and (ii) a generally flat back rest section having a longitudinally elongated, generally rectangular plan view, said back rest section being hingedly joined at its front lateral edge to the rear lateral edge of said front seat section, and said back rest section having attached to its underside an elongated, laterally disposed tubular support member having at opposite lateral ends means for adjustably fastening at a selected height to a rear vertical frame member and supporting said back rest section at a desired height independently of the height of said front seat section.