Equipment for sports and gymnics activity

Abstract

The subject matter of the present patent application is an improved physical activity device designed to make the practice of a series of exercises more functional and feasible, said device being characteristic in that it includes at least one accessory cable through which at least one first pulley can be simultaneously associated with at least one second pulley so as to accomplish a series of movements.

Description

[0001] Title : EQUIPMENT FOR SPORTS AND GYMNICS ACTIVITY."

[0002] DESCRIPTION

[0003] The subject matter of the present patent application is an improved physical activity device designed to make the practice of a series of exercises more functional and feasible, said device being characteristic in that it includes at least one accessory cable through which at least one first pulley can be simultaneously associated with at least one second pulley so as to accomplish a series of movements .

[0004] Scope of application

[0005] The invention that is the subject of this patent application has application in the field of manufacturing tools for performing a variety of physical exercises, particularly tools that include means such as weights, elastic elements, hydraulic pistons or the like to exert resistance that enables the performance of the exercise itself. Description of the state of the art

[0006] In the state of the art, there are known gymnastic equipment used for various types of workouts that train the various parts of the body through traction exercises with resistance represented by a weight pack, spring or elastic resistance, hydraulic resistance, or other .

[0007] Conventionally, devices of the cable, hercoline or crossover cable machine type known by the term "crossover" are fitness equipment consisting of a metal frame equipped with a series of pulleys and sliding cables, to which various accessories, such as handles or bars, are attached. By gripping the handles or bars, the user can perform a wide variety of movements, such as pulls, thrusts, lifts, rotations, lunges, and many others, taking advantage of the resistance offered by the load placed on the cables. Thanks to the versatility of this equipment, it is possible to work on multiple muscle groups and perform exercises ranging from those for toning, muscle mass development, endurance, speed, and then, increasingly, for exercises used in rehabilitation and physiotherapy protocols.

[0008] Specifically, a particular category of machines at the cables consists of a vertical sliding system to be able to adjust and lock i the position of the pulley or pulleys - which are the origin of the traction point - at any position along the entire length of the sliding bar, so as to vary the height of the positioning of the pulley or pulleys, and thus the possible working angles.

[0009] In this description, the term "pulley" or "pulleys" means the part or parts of the machine from which the end of the cable exits.

[0010] Such pulleys can be fixed but can also be movable and rotate, allowing the cable to be operated from multiple directions.

[0011] Depending on the composition of the joints and the lengths of the various transmission segments, cable machines can offer different yield ratios, most frequently 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3, depending also on the weights used. This, for example, allows, by opting for the 1: 3 transmission ratio, a long traction cable travel while offering less load resistance.

[0012] In the case of using devices of the known type without the aid of a bench, the user is not bound with the body in one position while performing the exercise. This allows the possibility of easily varying exercises and working angles and obliges the user to maintain a certain balance and thus be able to put more stress on individual muscle groups. The working combinations turn out to be manifold. Following are some examples of use.

[0013] Conventionally, at the cable end of a classic cable machine it is possible to attach, usually by means of a carabiner, an accessory such as: handles, bars, chains, eye hooks, belts and other types of supports and equipment used to lift loads using the upper or lower limbs. In addition, the use of ankle straps can be introduced for training the legs and buttocks. The use of ankle braces allows the performance of multiple lower limb exercises (extensions, adductions, and abductions to train adductors, abductors, quadriceps, and glutes) . Use in conjunction with a bench allows other variables of positions and thus exercises. Training abdominals and obliques is possible by changing body position from upright to bent at the knees.

[0014] The disadvantages of the cable machines known to date are the limited points in space - pulleys - from which resistance can originate, z large footprint, difficulty or impossibility - since they are not designed for this purpose - of connecting two different pulleys to obtain, on the same cable, no longer one point of traction only but two, allowing a less constrained and more functional movement.

[0015] For example, patent application US2022331639 describes a sports activity structure comprising an upper horizontal bar and two vertical side bars.

[0016] According to the invention described to the above-mentioned document, the upper horizontal bar includes a plurality of zones, each of which is configured to receive a first cable at the initial end of the first cable, and each of the two vertical rods includes a slider configured to receive a second cable at the initial end of the second cable. The solution described in the aforementioned document requires the construction of a structure comprising along each vertical bar, each bar including a weight assembly associated with a sliding trolley in turn associated with each side bar, said structure further comprising a transverse element presenting a series of openings corresponding to the position selected by the user for the association of the end of a cable independent of the weight pack or resistance system used for the other end of the cable. While appreciable as a solution in terms of the aspect of allowing the execution of a series of movements, the structure thus created is particularly complex in terms of implementation because it requires a dual weight group and consequent duplication of the elements associated with each weight group.

[0017] In addition, the execution of individual exercises by means of selecting the positioning of the cable end on the transverse element necessarily requires articulated processing of the transverse element itself in addition to increasing the complexity of connecting the cable end.

[0018] Patent application US8727952 describes a structure for performing a series of movements, said movements being determined by the choice of the position of a series of pulleys slidingly associated with the elements constituting the apparatus itself. Specifically, the structure described in Document D2 consists of a pair of quadrangular frames mutually spaced and superiorly associated by means of a pair of transverse elements.

[0019] According to the above-mentioned document, the frame comprises a set of hollow, straight tubular elements, each element preferably having a square cross-section in which a first frame consists of vertical front elements, left and right, the upper ends of which are joined by a horizontal front crossbar, and a second frame consists of an upper crossbar arranged parallel and posterior to the front crossbar of the first frame, the opposite ends of which are joined to the front crossbar of the first frame by a parallel pair of laterally spaced upper reinforcing elements. The second frame also includes two vertical elements, left and right, each extending from a lower end to an upper end, said upper ends being attached to opposite ends of the upper cross bar of the second frame.

[0020] The second frame inferiorly includes a horizontal support element of a weight assembly that joins the lower ends of the left and right elements .

[0021] Specifically, the left and right vertical elements of the first frame and the reinforcing elements located at the lower ends of the first and second frames have a series of openings to which the user can associate at least one pulley, which is in turn associated with the weight group on the second frame through a second set of pulleys. The variety of exercises that can be performed is therefore determined by moving the pulleys by predetermined positions, corresponding to the openings on the first frame of the structure. The invention described at the aforementioned document contemplates the same type of solution-namely, placement of the end of the cable in a position determined by the presence of appropriate openings made along the structure of the first frame-describing a solution that is particularly articulated and complex in terms of implementation .

[0022] The purpose of the invention that is the subject of this patent application is therefore to solve the disadvantages of the state of the art, in particular by making a apparatus that allows a high degree of freedom with regard to the positioning in space of the points of origin of resistance so as to offer the end user, as well as the technician or physiotherapist or trainer, the possibility of selecting them according to the type of exercise or movement to be performed .

[0023] Further purpose of the invention that is the subject of this patent application is to make a device for sporting activity that includes means to connect at least two different sets of pulleys together allowing for two or more traction points on the same cable.

[0024] Further purpose of the invention that is the subject of this patent application is to make a device for sports activity that enables a range of actions while maintaining a small space footprint.

[0025] This and further purposes will be achieved by means of the sports activity apparatus as well as to the main claim and secondary claims. Brief description of the Figures

[0026] The invention that is the subject of this patent application is depicted in the attached Tables where:

[0027] Fig. 1: Overall view of a first realization mode of the invention that is the subject of this patent application;

[0028] Fig. 2: View of a detail of the invention covered by this patent application;

[0029] Fig. 3: View of a detail of the invention covered by this patent application;

[0030] Fig. 4: View of a detail of the invention covered by this patent application;

[0031] Fig. 5-11: view of mode of use of the invention covered by this patent application in a first implementation mode;

[0032] Fig. 12: Overview view of a second mode of realization of the invention that is the subject of this patent application;

[0033] Fig. 13-16: view of mode of use of the invention covered by this patent application in a second mode of implementation;

[0034] Fig. 17: Overall view of a third mode of realization of the invention that is the subject of this patent application;

[0035] Fig. 18-21: View of mode of use of the invention covered by this patent application in a third mode of implementation;

[0036] Detailed description With reference to the attached Tables, the invention that is the subject of this patent application is indicated by reference 100. Specifically, the apparatus (100) that is the subject of this patent application consists of a frame (200) , substantially quadrangular, that includes at least one bar (100.5) with which a trolley (100.8) equipped with two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) is slidingly associated and that includes at least one weight or resistance selector (100.6) .

[0037] According to the invention that is the subject of this patent application, the apparatus includes at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) said at least two pulleys being positioned at the upper side end and the lower side end of the frame (200) .

[0038] Specifically, each second pulley (100.1, 100.4) is associated with a sliding cable, partially visible in the attached Figures

[0039] According to the invention which is the subject of this patent application, depending on the exercise to be performed, the apparatus (100) comprises at least one accessory with extension effect (C) , hereinafter referred to as accessory cable (C) , said accessory cable (C) being associated at the ends to at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) or at one end to at least one of the at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) and at the opposite end to at least one of the at least two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) on the trolley (100.8) .

[0040] In a preferred realization form, the accessory cable (C) includes a central handle (L) .

[0041] In a further preferred realization form, the accessory cable (C) includes a handle (M consisting of a frame (M.l) , a handle M.2, and a connecting ring M.3, it is possible to make a number of special configurations of using the apparatus by allowing a series of traction exercises in at least one direction of space. Aforementioned handle (M) can be connected to at least one pulley and perform traction exercises that evolve as pulleys connected to the M.3 connecting ring of the handle (M) are added. In particular, the use of at least one accessory cable (C) allows mutual connection between second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) and first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) in a variety of combinations.

[0042] Description of an initial preferred configuration

[0043] In a first preferred configuration (Fig. 1, Fig. 5-11) , the apparatus (100) that is the subject of this patent application consists of a frame (200) , essentially quadrangular, that includes a bar (100.5) to which is associated a trolley (100.8) equipped with two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) and that includes a left weight or resistance selector (100.6) and a right weight or resistance selector (100.7) .

[0044] Specifically, the bar (100.5) is positioned centrally to the frame (200) .

[0045] In the aforementioned first preferential realization form (Fig. 1) four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) are positioned at the four vertices of the frame (200) , each associated with a sliding cable, partially visible in the attached Figures.

[0046] The apparatus (100) also includes includes at least one accessory with extension effect (C) , hereafter referred to as accessory cable (C) , said accessory cable (C) being associated at the ends with at least two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) or at one end with at least one of the at least two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) and at the opposite end with at least one of the first two pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) on the trolley (100.8) .

[0047] According to known technique, the trolley (100.8) is equipped with means for attachment to the central bar (100.5) once the desired height from the lower end of the frame (200) has been reached; also according to known technique, the left and right resistance selectors (100.6, 100.7) are associated, respectively, with a sliding cable, not visible in the attached Tables, which in turn is associated with the four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) associated with the four vertices of the frame (200) and associated with the first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0048] According to the invention which is the subject of the present patent application, by means of the set of the four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, I 100.3, 100.4) located at the apexes of the frame (200) associated with the respective sliding cables, said pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) constituting four fixed points, of the at least two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) located on the trolley (100.8) of the central bar (100.5) and at least one accessory cable (C) , it is possible to realize a series of configurations of use of the apparatus made as described, allowing a series of traction exercises that benefit in both directions from the direction of the accessory cable (C) and no longer in a single direction or from all the directions of the traction cables connected to the handle (M) and described below.

[0049] Description of how to use the apparatus (100) in the first preferred configuration

[0050] With reference to Fig. 5, a first end of the accessory cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.2) positioned at one of the vertices of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the accessory cable (Cl) is associated with a second pulley (100.3) positioned at the vertex of the lower portion of the frame (200) opposite the position of the first pulley (100.2) .

[0051] Alternatively, with reference to Fig. 6, a first end of a second cable (C2) , also equipped with a handle (12) , is associated with a first pulley (100.1) positioned at one of the vertices of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the second accessory cable (C2) is associated with a second pulley (100.4) positioned at the vertex of the lower portion of the frame (200) opposite the position of the first pulley (100.1) .

[0052] In a further mode of use, depicted in Fig. 7, the trolley (100.8) is positioned at the upper end of the slide bar (100.5) ; a first end of a first cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.2) positioned at a vertex of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and a second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the left pulley (100.8.2) of the trolley (100.8) . According to the utilization configuration depicted in Fig. Fig. 7, the first end of a second cable (C2) , equipped with a handle (12) , is associated with a second pulley (100.1) positioned at the apex of the upper portion of the frame (200) opposite to the position of the first pulley (100.2) ; according to the utilization configuration in Fig. Fig. 7, the second end of the second cable (C2) is associated with the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0053] In a further usage configuration, shown in Fig. 8, the trolley (100.8) is positioned at the lower end of the slide bar (100.5) ; a first end of a first cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.3) positioned at a vertex of the lower portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the left pulley (100.8.2) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0054] According to the above utilization configuration, the first end of a second cable (C2) , equipped with a handle (12) , is associated with a second pulley (100.4) located at the apex of the lower portion of the frame (200) opposite to the position of the first pulley (100.3) ; according to the configuration in Fig. 8, the second end of the second cable (C2) is associated with the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0055] In a further usage configuration, depicted in Fig. 9, the trolley (100.8) is positioned along the slide bar at an intermediate position between the upper and lower ends of the slide bar (100.5) ; a first end of a first cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.2) positioned at a vertex of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the left pulley (100.8.2) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0056] According to the usage configuration in Fig. 9, the first end of a second cable (C2) , equipped with a handle (12) , is associated with a second pulley (100.1) positioned at the apex of the upper portion of the frame (200) opposite the position of the first pulley (100.2) ; according to the configuration in Fig. 9, the second end of the second cable (C2) is associated with the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) . In a further usage configuration depicted in Fig. 10, the trolley (100.8) is positioned along the slide bar at an intermediate position between the upper and lower ends of the slide bar (100.5) ; the two pulleys (100.2, 100.3) positioned at the left vertices of the slide bar (100.5) and the left pulley (100.8.2) of the trolley (100.8) , are simultaneously associated with a first handle (M, Fig. 4) According to the usage configuration of Fig. 10, the two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) located at the vertices to the right of the slide bar (100.5) and the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) , are simultaneously associated with a second handle (M, Fig. 4) .

[0057] In a further usage configuration, depicted in Fig. 11, the trolley (100.8) is positioned at the lower end of the slide bar (100.5) ; the four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) are connected to each other with the use of a handle (M, Fig.4) .

[0058] Description of a second preferred configuration

[0059] In a second preferred configuration (Fig. 12-14) , the apparatus (100) that is the subject of this patent application consists of a frame (200) , essentially quadrangular, comprising two rods (100.5, 100.10) to each of which is associated a trolley (100.8, 100.9) each having two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2, 100.9.1, 100.9.2) and comprising a pair of left weight or resistance selectors (100.6) and a right weight or resistance selector (100.7) .

[0060] In particular, the two rods (100.5, 100.10) are positioned centrally to the frame (200) .

[0061] In the aforementioned second preferred realization form (Fig. 12- 14) four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) are positioned at the four vertices of the frame (200) , each associated with a sliding cable, partially visible in the attached Figures.

[0062] The apparatus (100) also includes at least one accessory cable with extension effect (C) , hereinafter referred to as accessory cable (C) , said accessory cable (C) being associated at one end with at least two pulleys (100.1, 100.4 - 100.3, 100.2) or at one end to at least one of at least two pulleys (100.1, 100.4-100.3, 100.2) and at the opposite end to at least one of the two pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2 - 100.9.1, 100.9.2) on the trolleys (100.8, 100.9) . According to known technique, the carriages (100.8, 100.9) are equipped with means for attachment to the center rods (100.5, 100.10) once the desired height from the bottom end of the frame (200) has been reached; also according to known technique, the left and right resistance selectors (100.6, 100.7) are associated respectively with a sliding cable, not visible in the attached Tables, which in turn is associated with the four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) associated with the four vertices of the frame (200) and associated with the right and left pulleys ( 100.8.1 , 100.8.2 - 100.9.1, 100.9.2) of the trolleys (100.8, 100.9) .

[0063] According to the invention which is the subject of this patent application, by means of the set of the four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) placed at the vertices of the frame (200) associated with the respective sliding cables, said pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) constituting four fixed points, of the pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2 - 100.9.1, 100.9.2) placed on the carriages (100.8, 100.9) of the central rods (100.5, 100.10) and at least one accessory cable (C) , it is possible to realize a series of configurations of use of the apparatus made as described, allowing a series of traction exercises that benefit in both directions of the direction of the accessory cable (C) and no longer in a single direction or all the directions of the traction cables connected to the handle (M) and described below.

[0064] Description of how to use the apparatus (100) in the second preferred configuration

[0065] Referring to Fig. 13, In a first use configuration, the trolleys (100.8, 100.9) are positioned at the upper end of the slide rods (100.5, 100.10) ; a first end of a first cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.2) positioned at a vertex of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and a second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the left pulley (100.8.2) of the left trolley (100.8) .

[0066] In an alternative usage configuration, depicted in Fig. 14, trolleys (100.8, 100.9) are positioned along the slide rods (100.5, 100.10) at an intermediate position between the upper and lower ends; a first end of a first cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.3) positioned at a vertex of the lower portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the left pulley (100.8.2) of the left trolley

[0067] (100.8) .

[0068] According to the usage configuration in Fig. 14, the first end of a second cable (C2) , equipped with a handle (12) , is associated with a second pulley (100.4) located at the apex of the lower portion of the frame (200) opposite the position of the first pulley (100.3) ; according to the configuration in Fig. 14, the second end of the second cable (C2) is associated with the right-hand pulley (100.9.1) of the right-hand trolley (100.9) .

[0069] In a further alternative usage configuration, shown in Fig. 15, the trolleys (100.8, 100.9) are positioned along the slide rods (100.5, 100.10) at an intermediate position between the upper and lower ends; the two pulleys (100.2, 100.3 - 100.1, 100.4) positioned at the left and right vertices, respectively, of the slide rods (100.5, 100.10) and the left pulley (100.8.2) of the trolley (100.8) associated with the first bar (100.5) and the right pulley (100.9.1) of the trolley

[0070] (100.9) associated with the second bar (100.10) , are simultaneously associated with a handle (M, Fig. 4)

[0071] In a further alternative use configuration, shown in Fig. 16, the trolleys (100.8, 100.9) are positioned at the lower end of the sliding rods (100.5, 100.10) ; the four pulleys (100.1, 100.2, 100.3, 100.4) are connected to each other with the use of a handle (M, Fig .4 ) .

[0072] Description of a third preferred configuration

[0073] Referring to Fig. 17-21, in a third preferred configuration, the apparatus (100) that is the subject of this patent application consists of a frame (200) , essentially quadrangular, that includes a bar (100.5) to which is associated a trolley (100.8) each equipped with two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) and that includes a weight or resistance selector (100.6) .

[0074] Specifically, the bar (100.5) is positioned near the side end of the frame (200) . iz In the aforementioned third preferred realization form (Fig. 17-21) at the vertices of the frame (200) and at the opposite end from the end where the bar (100.5) is positioned, two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) are each associated with a sliding cable, partially visible in the attached Figures.

[0075] The apparatus (100) also includes at least one accessory cable with extension effect (C Fig.3) , hereafter referred to as accessory cable (C) , said accessory cable (C) being associated with the ends of the two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) or at one end with at least one of the at least two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) and at the opposite end with at least one of the first two pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) on the trolley

[0076] (100.8) .

[0077] According to known technique, the trolley (100.8, 100.9) is equipped with means for attachment to the center rods (100.5, 100.10) once the desired height from the bottom end of the frame (200) has been reached; also according to known technique, the resistance selector (100.6) is associated with a slider cable, not visible in the attached Tables, which in turn is associated with the two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) located at the two vertices of the frame (200) and associated with the pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) of the trolley

[0078] (100.8) .

[0079] According to the invention which is the subject of this patent application, by means of the set of the two pulleys (100.1, 100.4) located at the vertices of the frame (200) associated with the respective sliding cables, said pulleys (100.1, 100.4) constituting two fixed points, the pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) located on the trolley (100.8) , of the bar (100.5) and of the accessory cable (C) , a series of configurations of use of the apparatus made as described can be realized, allowing a series of traction exercises that benefit in both directions from the direction of the accessory cable (C) and described below.

[0080] Description of how to use the apparatus (100) in the third preferred configuration

[0081] With reference to Fig. 18, in an initial use configuration, a first end of the accessory cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is

[0082] 15 associated with a first pulley (100.1) positioned at the vertex of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the accessory cable (Cl) is associated with a second pulley (100.4) positioned at the vertex of the lower portion of the frame (200) opposite the position of the first pulley (100.1) .

[0083] Referring to Fig. 19 in an alternative usage configuration, the trolley (100.8) is positioned at the upper end of the slide bar (100.5) ; a first end of the accessory cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.1) positioned at the apex of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and a second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0084] Referring to Fig. 20, in a further alternative usage configuration, the trolley (100.8) is positioned along the slide bar at an intermediate position between the upper and lower ends of the slide bar (100.5) ; a first end of a first cable (Cl) , equipped with a handle (II) , is associated with a first pulley (100.1) positioned at the apex of the upper portion of the frame (200) , and the second end of the first cable (Cl) is associated with the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) .

[0085] With reference to Fig. 21, in a further alternative usage configuration, the trolley (100.8) is positioned along the slide bar at an intermediate position between the upper and lower ends of the slide bar (100.5) ; a first pulley (100.1) positioned at one apex of the upper portion of the frame (200) is associated with a second pulley (100.4) positioned at one apex of the lower portion of the frame (200) and simultaneously with the right pulley (100.8.1) of the trolley (100.8) through the use of a handle (M, Fig. 4) .

Claims

CLAIMS1. Exercise apparatus consisting of a quadrangular frame (200) including at least one rod (100.5) to which is slidingly associated a trolley (100.8) having two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) and including at least one weight or resistance selector (100. 6) , said a frame (200) including at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) said at least two pulleys being positioned at the upper side end and the lower side end of the frame (200) and each of at Iwast two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) being associated with a sliding cable, said apparatus (100) including at least one accessory cable (C) whose terminal ends are reversibly being reversibly associated at the ends to at least two said second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) or whose first terminal end is reversibly associated to at least one of the at least two said second pulleys (100.1, 100. 4) and the second terminal end is reversibly associated to at least one of the two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) on the trolley (100.8) said accessory cable (C) allowing mutual connection between the at least two first pulleys (100.1, 100.4) and the at least two second pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) in various said cable (C) including a center handle (L) and a handle (M) said handle (M) being formed by a frame (M.l) , a handle (M.2) and a connecting ring (M.3) said exercise characterized by the fact that the rod (100.5) is positioned centrally relativeto the frame (200) .

2. Apparatus as per claim 1 characterized in that the accessory cable (C) is associated at its ends with at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) or at one end with at least one of the at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4) and at the opposite end with at least one of the two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2) eft of the trolley (100.8) .

3. Apparatus as per previous claims characterized in that the frame(200) , includes a second rod (100.10) positioned centrally relative to the frame (200) said second rod (100.10) comprising a trolley (100.9) .. Apparatus as per claim -6 3 characterized in that the apparatus (100) includes at least one accessory cable (C) said accessory cable (C) being associated to at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4 - 100.3, 100. 2) or at one first end to at least one of the at least two second pulleys (100.1, 100.4-100.3, 100.2) and at the second end to at least one of the at least two first pulleys (100.8.1, 100.8.2 - 100.9.1, 100.9.2) of the trolleys (100.8, 100.9) .

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