The invention relates to an exercise apparatus.
A variety of exercise machines and apparatus have been proposed or suggested. These machines range from complex and hence expensive machines typically found in gymnasiums or the like and are generally non-portable. At the other end of the spectrum are portable exercise machines or reduced cost and constructed and intended for home or office use. Such machines are either employed to exercise the arms or the legs.
One such machine comprised a stand or pedestal which carried a rotatable pedal crank assembly to which were mounted two opposed rotating pedals. A typical machine of this type is disclosed in Australian patent No. 507755. That machine could not, for example, be used in a confined space such as under a desk or the like. This was because the knees of the user would rise as a consequence of pedalling operation of that machine. In addition, the user would first need to locate the pedals which could be in any position along the circle described by the movement allowed by the crank assembly. Thus, the machine could not easily be used by a person with impaired vision or at a location where the machine was concealed, such as for example beneath a desk or the like.