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Exercise apparatus for attachment to a chair having a center support post. The apparatus has a foot support, wheels mounted on the respective ends of the foot support for rolling on a floor, and a resilient member that exerts resistance as the foot support is moved. One or more sensors are coupled t

Exercise apparatus for attachment to a chair having a center support post. The apparatus has a foot support, wheels mounted on the respective ends of the foot support for rolling on a floor, and a resilient member that exerts resistance as the foot support is moved. One or more sensors are coupled to the wheels for monitoring a user's body functions during exercise. The sensors provide inputs to software in the user's computer that calculate the level of the user's exercise activity as the user is at work on his/her computer. The results are displayed on the computer's monitor.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of exercising while using a personal computer for non-exercise related tasks, comprising the steps of:monitoring the level of exercise being performed by the user;converting the monitored level to a signal which is compatible with the input signal format of the c

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of exercising while using a personal computer for non-exercise related tasks, comprising the steps of:monitoring the level of exercise being performed by the user;converting the monitored level to a signal which is compatible with the input signal format of the computer;providing the monitoring signal to an input port of the computer; andproviding software to the computer designed to operate in a multi-tasking environment; the software periodically sampling the monitoring signal and multi-tasking the non-exercise related task with a display of information related to the sampled monitoring signal.