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Provided is a weighted cable resistance apparatus, primarily for rehabilitation and therapy, and equally effective for recreational exercising. A frame with a perpendicularly attached seat form a rigid structure. The structure is supported on leveling screws or lockable casters for transport to bed-

Provided is a weighted cable resistance apparatus, primarily for rehabilitation and therapy, and equally effective for recreational exercising. A frame with a perpendicularly attached seat form a rigid structure. The structure is supported on leveling screws or lockable casters for transport to bed-confined patients. Dead weights within the frame and the rigid seat structure stabilize the apparatus against overturning during use of the apparatus. At each end of the frame is attached a horizontally pivotable assembly, called a `module'. Each module contains weights which are, in turn, connected to a cable and to pulleys controlling the cable path. Vertically pivotable arms are mounted on the front of the is modules. The cables are guided to the end of the arms and past the exit pulleys, whereupon exercise tools can be connected. The twin module design provides simultaneous exercising with any two limbs. Horizontally and vertically selectable exercise tool positioning, and the freely rotating exit pulleys, offer unrestricted range of motion in a nearly hemispherical space. Additional features may be attached to the seat, such as a security stabilizer frame for unsteady users, and a disconnectable seat extension for exercising in a prone or supine position.

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1. A multi-choice exercise apparatus comprising:a structure comprising a chair, said chair being affixed to a frame having a forward portion and a rearward portion, a first and a second side; two modules separated from each other by said frame, each said module comprising a weight stack and a weight

1. A multi-choice exercise apparatus comprising:a structure comprising a chair, said chair being affixed to a frame having a forward portion and a rearward portion, a first and a second side; two modules separated from each other by said frame, each said module comprising a weight stack and a weight stack enclosure; each said module further comprising an azimuth locking plate affixed to a side of said weight stack enclosure, and a hinge pin disposed rearward of said azimuth locking plate, said hinge pin defining a vertical axis of rotation of said module thereabout, said hinge pin interconnecting said module to said rearward portion of said frame at a side of said frame, said frame supporting said module; each said module being individually pivotable about its said vertical axis of rotation; and, weight stack lifting means carried by a forward portion of each said weight stack enclosure, said weight stack lifting means being pivotable with said module about said vertical axis of rotation; whereby the apparatus enables a user thereof to exercise separate limbs at the same time, but in optionally differing planes and with optionally differing resistance, all within a near hemispherical space.