The present invention relates to a comprehensive fitness equipment leg press that allows a user to do a weight training leg press exercise for training a lower body of the user by the user sitting on a bench and pushing a footrest included in a footrest frame, which moves back and forth smoothly along a central frame for adjusting a weight of the footrest frame. The comprehensive fitness equipment leg press includes a weight adjusting unit from 10 kg to 200 kg through a hydraulic cylinder formed on a lower end of the bench, without using 15 10 kg weights, and a hydraulic cylinder rod connection installed on a body of a weight adjusting bar using a principle of a lever for adjusting the weight of the footrest of the footrest frame.

An exercise apparatus comprising: a foot support, a user interface that includes a visual display, the foot support being movable by the user on the frame back and forth through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments of a master arcuate path, the foot support being interconnected to a selection device that enables the user to select any one of the plurality of arc segments, one or more detectors adapted to detect one or more of force, energy or power exerted by the user over time on the foot support or distance or velocity of travel of the foot support or resistance assembly during the course of the user's performance of all or a portion of an exercise cycle, the visual display displaying a visually recognizable format of one or more of the force, energy, power, distance, time or velocity.

An exercise apparatus includes a frame body, two driving levers, two pedals, a linking device and at least one resistance device. The driving levers are pivotally connected to two side frames of the frame body, respectively. The pedals are connected to the two driving levers, respectively. The linking device is connected the driving levers so as to lead the driving levers to be swung reciprocally and simultaneously. The resistance device is driven by one of the driving levers so as to generate a magnetic resistance.

A treadmill includes a treadmill frame; a running belt supported by the treadmill frame; a first rotatable element supported by the treadmill frame and rotationally coupled to the running belt; a brake selectively coupled to the first rotatable element and adapted to selectively restrict a speed of rotation of the first rotatable element depending upon an established limit for a speed of the running belt; and a motion restricting element coupled to the first rotatable element and the brake such that the motion restricting element restricts relative rotation of the first rotatable element to the brake in the first rotational direction and permits relative rotation of the first rotatable element to the brake in a second rotational direction opposite the first.

Described herein are embodiments of stationary exercise machines having reciprocating foot and/or hand members, such as foot pedals that move in a closed loop path. Some embodiments can include reciprocating foot pedals that cause a user's feet to move along a closed loop path that is substantially inclined, such that the foot motion simulates a climbing motion more than a flat walking or running motion. Some embodiments can further include reciprocating handles that are configured to move in coordination with the foot via a linkage to a crank wheel also coupled to the foot pedals. Variable resistance can be provided via a rotating air-resistance based mechanism, via a magnetism based mechanism, and/or via other mechanisms, one or more of which can be rapidly adjustable while the user is using the machine.

A manually powered treadmill includes a frame; front and rear running belt pulleys coupled to the frame; a first bearing rail including a first plurality of bearings and a second bearing rail including a second plurality of bearings; a running belt at least partly supported by the first and second plurality of bearings and at least one of the front or rear running belt pulleys, where at least a portion of the running belt defines a curved running surface; and a safety device to prevent rotation of one of an inner outer rings of the safety device and one of the front or rear running belt pulleys in a first rotational direction, but allow in a second rotational direction, the one of the front or rear running belt pulleys and the one of the inner or outer rings to freely rotate.

An exercise device includes one or more image-capturing units, two identity backgrounds, and a processing unit. Each image-capturing unit captures images of one corresponded identity background shaded by a user, and the processing unit analyzes the captured images in real time, so as to automatically control the exercise device.

An exercise device with a pair of upper links coupled to the frame and a pair of lower links pivotally coupled to the upper links is provided. A pair of pedals is received on a distal end of each of the lower links. A transfer system between the pair of upper links may include a first and a second pushrod, each with a first end pivotally coupled to each upper link and a second end opposite to the first end. A first and a second pivot arm, each pivotally coupled to the frame, may be included, each pivot arm receiving a respective pushrod. A pliable connector may be coupled to the first pivot arm and the second pivot arm, thus providing compliant reciprocating movement of the upper links.

An exercise apparatus comprising: a foot support, a user interface that includes a visual display, the foot support being movable by the user on the frame back and forth through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments of a master arcuate path, the foot support being interconnected to a selection device that enables the user to select any one of the plurality of arc segments, one or more detectors adapted to detect one or more of force, energy or power exerted by the user over time on the foot support or distance or velocity of travel of the foot support or resistance assembly during the course of the user's performance of all or a portion of an exercise cycle, the visual display displaying a visually recognizable format of one or more of the force, energy, power, distance, time or velocity.

An exercise device for performing a variety of movement patterns. The exercise device has a pair of linkages, each including an upper link pivotally mounted to a frame and a lower link pivotally coupled to an upper link. A foot support is provided on a distal end of each lower link. A transfer system is coupled to the frame and both upper links for transferring both tensile and compressive forces. Separate torque elements are operably coupled to the frame and each lower link via a transfer member for independently resisting movement of the associated lower link.