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A wall-mounted multi-position pulley-based resistance tube exercise apparatus having resistance tube length effectively doubled for increased range of consistent resistance, and having a height adjustable pulley assembly providing a user with the ability to set multiple exercise initiation points so

A wall-mounted multi-position pulley-based resistance tube exercise apparatus having resistance tube length effectively doubled for increased range of consistent resistance, and having a height adjustable pulley assembly providing a user with the ability to set multiple exercise initiation points so as to provide exercise options for a full body workout at a single exercise station.

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1. Exercise apparatus, comprising: upper and lower mounting brackets;an upper fixed pulley mounted in said upper mounting bracket;a lower fixed pulley mounted on said lower mounting bracket;a vertical post connected to and disposed between said upper and lower mounting brackets;a movable pulley asse

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Exercise apparatus, comprising: upper and lower mounting brackets;an upper fixed pulley mounted in said upper mounting bracket;a lower fixed pulley mounted on said lower mounting bracket;a vertical post connected to and disposed between said upper and lower mounting brackets;a movable pulley assembly having at least one movable pulley disposed on a pulley carriage, said pulley assembly slidably and adjustably mounted on said vertical post;adjustment apparatus for selectively locking and unlocking said movable pulley assembly in various positions on said vertical post;a resistance tube connected at a first end to said movable pulley assembly and operably threaded around a portion of said lower fixed pulley, and a portion of said upper fixed pulley, and said at least one movable pulley so as to engage said movable pulley during lifts and such that a second end of said resistance tube extends outwardly from said movable pulley assembly, said second end having attachment apparatus for connecting said resistance tube to a handle. 2. The exercise apparatus of claim 1, wherein said resistance tube does not stretch, such that the length of said resistance tube does not change, as the position of said movable pulley assembly is adjusted on said vertical post. 3. The exercise apparatus of claim 2, wherein the stretch of said resistance tube is continuous from said second end to said first end when said second end is translated away from said movable pulley assembly. 4. The exercise apparatus of claim 2, including a plurality of paired upper and lower fixed pulleys, a plurality of movable pulleys disposed on said movable pulley assembly, and a plurality of resistance tubes, one each disposed through one of said paired fixed upper and lower pulleys and at least one of said movable pulleys, each of said resistance tubes connected at its first end to said movable pulley assembly. 5. The exercise apparatus of claim 4, further including a counterweight connected to said pulley carriage. 6. The exercise apparatus of claim 4, wherein said fixed upper pulleys are mounted in a side-by-side relationship on a common upper axle, and said fixed lower pulleys are mounted in a side-by-side relationship on a common lower axle. 7. The exercise apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movable pulley assembly includes first and second movable pulleys disposed in a stacked configuration, and wherein said resistance tube is routed either first over said upper fixed pulley and then under said lower fixed pulley, or first under said lower fixed pulley and then over said upper fixed pulley, and thereafter through said movable pulley assembly such that a second end of said resistance tube extends from between said first and second movable pulleys. 8. A multi-position exercise apparatus, comprising: mounting apparatus for mounting said exercise apparatus either permanently or selectively removably from a vertically oriented structure;at least one lower fixed pulley;at least one upper fixed pulley;a vertical post disposed between said at least one upper pulley and said at least one lower fixed pulley;a movable pulley assembly having at least one pulley wheel, said movable pulley assembly slidably and adjustably mounted on said vertical post;a locking mechanism for selectively locking and unlocking said movable pulley assembly at an adjusted position;at least one resistance tube affixed at a first end to either a top or a bottom end of said movable pulley assembly and operably threaded around a portion of said at least one lower fixed pulley, and a portion of said at least one upper fixed pulley, and behind said at least one pulley wheel of said movable pulley assembly; anda handle attachment affixed to a second end of said resistance tube for attaching one of a variety of handle types. 9. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8 wherein said mounting apparatus includes an upper mounting bracket and a lower mounting bracket, said at least one lower fixed pulley is mounted on said lower mounting bracket, and said at least one upper fixed pulley is mounted on said upper mounting bracket. 10. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 9, wherein said upper and lower mounting brackets each include opposing vertically disposed plates, and wherein each of said lower and upper fixed pulleys are mounted on their respective mounting brackets using an axle disposed through said opposing vertically disposed plates. 11. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, wherein said movable pulley assembly includes a pulley carriage having a carriage center tube slidably disposed around said vertical post, said carriage center tube having an interior opening shaped to conform to the cross-sectional shape of said vertical post and sized slightly larger than the outer dimensions of said vertical post, such that clearances between said carriage center tube and said vertical post are small enough to prevent free movement during use and in a locked position, but large enough to permit said pulley carriage to slide up or down said vertical post when said pulley carriage is not fixed in place on the vertical post in a locked position. 12. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 11, wherein said locking mechanism is a screw clamp. 13. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 11, wherein said vertical post includes a plurality of through holes, said carriage center tube includes a through hole that can be brought into alignment with the through holes in said vertical post, and said locking mechanism is a pin that may be selectively inserted into or removed from the aligned through holes. 14. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, wherein said pulley assembly includes grips for use in manually moving said pulley assembly up and down said vertical post. 15. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, wherein said vertical post includes an upper end and a lower end, and wherein said upper end is mounted on an upper mounting bracket and said lower end is mounted on a lower mounting bracket. 16. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 15, further including lower and upper wall plates, wherein said upper and lower mounting brackets cooperate with said upper and lower wall plates to provide means for rapid installation and removal from a wall or other vertically oriented surface. 17. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, further including an upper vertical post receptacle affixed to an upper mounting bracket and a lower vertical post receptacle affixed to a lower mounting bracket, and wherein said vertical post includes an upper end and a lower end, said upper end removably disposed in said upper vertical post receptacle and said lower end removably disposed in said lower vertical post receptacle. 18. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 17, wherein said lower mounting bracket and said mounting upper bracket each include aperture elements that cooperate with pins to capture and retain said lower mounting bracket and said upper mounting bracket on upper and lower wall plates. 19. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 18, wherein said pins include a slidable pin and a fixed pin disposed on said lower wall plate, and fixed pins horizontally disposed on and slightly spaced apart from said upper wall plate, wherein mounting said upper and lower mounting brackets on said wall plates involves placing a back vertical plate of said upper bracket over said fixed pins and sliding said vertical plate between said fixed pins and said upper wall plate, and placing said lower mounting bracket into general alignment with said slidable and said fixed pin disposed on said lower wall plate such that said lower mounting bracket can be secured. 20. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, wherein said movable pulley assembly includes a plurality of mounting posts for mounting a plurality of movable pulley wheels. 21. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 20, wherein each of said mounting posts comprises a hollow cylinder, and said movable pulley assembly includes upper and lower complementary knuckles that straddle a mounting post, wherein holes through each of said mounting posts and said knuckles are brought into alignment and said pulley assembly is secured by locking apparatus. 22. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, further including a sheave axially disposed in a slot in said vertical post and a cable that feeds over said sheave and down the interior of said vertical post where it is connected at a lower end to a counterweight and at its upper end to a pulley carriage center tube. 23. The multi-position exercise apparatus of claim 8, wherein said movable pulley assembly includes pulley carriages having diagonally opposing fingers disposed either under or over said pulley wheels, such that a second end of said resistance tube can be selectively threaded through said opposing, and said diagonally opposing fingers to create a connection that tightens when said resistance tube is pulled away from said pulley carriage and easily loosened for removal when relaxed.