Combination rowing machine and chest exerciser

Claim 1

An exercising apparatus comprising; a rail, a seat assembly having a seat and mounted on the rail for free sliding movement there along, foot stirrups fixed to one end of the rail and determining the front end direction of the apparatus whereby a user sitting in the seat with his feet in the stirrups can move the seat assembly in reciprocating motion along the rail by bending and extending his knees, a pole at each side of the rail pivotally attached to the rail for pivoting in a direction along the rail length, and one-way resistance means connected to each pole for resisting pivoting of the poles in one direction, and handle portions on the poles to be gripped by the user to pivot the poles in reciprocating motion with reciprocating motion of the sliding seat assembly, and the improvement that comprises; said seat assembly mounted on the rail through a mounting bracket, said mounting bracket being slidably mounted on the rail, locking means for locking the mounting bracket to the rail, and said poles being further pivotable about an axis parallel to the rail, and said seat assembly including a seat and a backrest, the combination seat and backrest defining a sitting position, swivel mounting means mounting the combination seat and backrest to the mounting bracket to allow rotation of the seat and backrest between back to front and front to back sitting positions relative to the rail, and in conjunction with the locking means converting the exercising apparatus from the rowing type exercise to a side to front arm pull exercise.