Exercising system with cable, pulleys and weights

Claim 1

An exercise apparatus for muscle development comprising: (a) a selectively variable vertically movable weight; (b) first cable means attached at a first end to said weight centrally thereof for lifting said weight; (c) first pulley means mounted solely by a first selectably detachable connection directly to a second end of said first cable means; (d) a second pulley means supported by a fixed frame and receiving said first cable; (e) a second cable means wrapped around said first pulley means; (f) one end of said cable means terminating in a grasping means; (g) said grasping means being graspable by a user to operate on said second cable and said first pulley means, and the other end of said second cable having a second selectably detechable connection with a fixed anchor means; (h) said weight means being free to move vertically relatively to said frame when a user's force is applied to said grasping means; and (i) the axis of said first pulley being free to be moved in a direction which has components that are simultaneously parallel to and transverse to the direction of weight movement; whereby the application of a user's non-vertical force to said grasping means causes said first pulley means to move in a direction having vertical and horizontal components relative to said frame as said first pulley means moves about said second pulley means.