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A cable and pulley assembly has a first floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted side-by-side in the housing for rotation about a single pulley axis, and a second floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and at least one pulley rotatably mounted in the

A cable and pulley assembly has a first floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted side-by-side in the housing for rotation about a single pulley axis, and a second floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and at least one pulley rotatably mounted in the housing. A first cable is linked to the housing of the first floating pulley unit, and a second cable is linked to the housing of the second floating pulley unit. A third cable extends around one of the side-by-side pulleys in the first pulley unit, around the pulley of the second pulley unit, and around the other side-by-side pulley of the first pulley unit. The resistance on the first cable is then four times that on each section of the third cable, and plural pull points are provided for selective connection to exercise stations.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An exercise machine, comprising:a load for providing an exercise resistance;at least two exercise stations;a cable and pulley assembly linking the load to the exercise stations;the cable and pulley assembly comprising;a first floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and a pair o

[ I claim:] [1.] An exercise machine, comprising:a load for providing an exercise resistance;at least two exercise stations;a cable and pulley assembly linking the load to the exercise stations;the cable and pulley assembly comprising;a first floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted side-by-side in the housing for rotation about a single pulley axis, the first floating pulley unit having first and second sides on opposite sides of said pulley axis;a second floating pulley unit having a pulley housing and at least one pulley rotatably mounted in the housing;a first cable linked to the housing of the first floating pulley unit;a second cable linked to the housing of the second floating pulley unit; anda third cable extending in a cable path which travels first around one of the side-by-side pulleys in the first pulley unit, then directly from said one side-by-side pulley around the pulley of the second pulley unit, and then directly from the pulley of the second pulley unit around the other side-by-side pulley of the first pulley unit, whereby four lengths of said third cable extend from the first side of said first floating pulley unit and said first cable extends from the second side of said first pulley unit;whereby the cable and pulley assembly has at least four cable ends for selective connection to the load and exercise stations, the four cable ends comprising at least a first end of the first and second cable and opposite ends of the third cable.