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1. An exercise apparatus comprising:
a foot support (24a, 24b) suspended from above by a suspension assembly on a frame (10), the foot support (24a, 24b) being adapted to support a user in an upright position with the user's foot disposed on the foot support (24a, 24b), the foot support (24a, 24b) being movable by the user on the frame (10) back and forth between a rearwardmost downward position (24a′) and a forwardmost upward position (24a) through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments (AP, AP′) of a master arcuate path (J) that has the same path of travel from the rearwardmost downward position (24a′) to the forwardmost upward position (24a) and back to the rearwardmost downward position (24a′), each different arc segment (AP, AP′) being individually selectable by the user, each said different arc segment (AP, AP′) being defined by movement of the foot support (24a, 24b) between a corresponding different forwardmost upward position (24b″, 24b″″) and different rearwardmost downward position (24b′, 24b′″) each of said different arc segments having a different degree of incline (H1, H2) corresponding to each different forwardmost upward (24b″, 24b″″) and rearwardmost downward position (24b′, 24b′″) of the foot support, wherein movement of the foot support between the rearwardmost downward position (24a′) and the forwardmost upward position (24a) and back to the rearwardmost downward position (24a′) defines a complete exercise cycle, a resistance assembly (200) interconnected to the foot support, the resistance assembly being adapted to exert a resistance to movement of the foot support by the user, an arc segment selection device (225, 230, 300, 400) interconnected to the foot support, the arc segment selection device being manually actuatable by the user to enable the user to move the arc segment selection device (225, 230, 300, 400) to any selectable one of a plurality of different fixed mechanical positions (306a, 306b, 306c, 402a, 402b, 402c) that fix or limit travel of the foot support via interconnection to the arc segment selection device to a corresponding one of the plurality of different arc segments (AP, AP′), the user selecting one of the plurality of different arc segments (AP, AP′) by exerting a selected amount or degree of manual force on the arc segment selection device (225, 230, 300, 400) that corresponds to a selected one of the plurality of different fixed mechanical positions (306a, 306b, 306c, 402a, 402b, 402c). |
