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Wendy M a r s t o n , “ G r a c e U n d e r P r e s s u r e , ”N e w s w e e k ,S e p .1 1 ,2 0 0 0 , p p . 7 8 - 7 9 .

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A t o r a b l e e x e r c i s e a p p a r a t u s f o r h o m e u s e . Th e a p p a r a t u s

i n c l u d e s an u p r i g h t t o We r , a b a s e s t r u c t u r e , a b en ch f r a m e ,a n d a bench a t t a c h e d t o t h e bench f r a m e . A e t o f ? e x i b l ep u l l l i n e s c o u p l e d to a r e s i l i e n ts p r i n g s y s t e m a r e c a r r i e dW i t h i nt h e t o W e r s t r u c t u r e . Th e u s e r e x e r c i s e s b y p u l l i n g t h ep u l ll i n e sa g a i n s tt h e b i a so f t h e s p r i n g s y s t e m . T h e g r i p s f o rt h e p u l l l i n e s a r e mounted a t t h e t o p o f t h e toWer an d

g e n e r a t e s i g n i ? c a n t t i p p i n g f o r c e o n t h e t o W e r When t h ea p p a r a t u s i s i n u s e . To p r e v e n t t i p p i n g , t h e bench f r a m eh a sp i v o t a l a n d l o a d - t r a n s m i t t i n g c o n n e c t i o n sW i t h t h e t o We rs t r u c t u r e ; t h e toWer s s t a b i l i z e d b y t h e W e i g h to f t h e u s e r o nt h e b e n c h . T h e bench ma y be p l a c e d i n e i t h e r a r a i s e d o rl o w e r e d p o s i t i o n ,a n d c a n b e s t o r e d by c o l l a p s i n g a n dp i v o t i n g i t s o t h a t i t a b u t s t h e t o W e rv e r t i c a l l y .

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4 , 9 2 1 , 2 4 2 A 5 / 1 9 9 0 Wa t t er s o n5 , 0 9 0 , 6 9 4 A 2 / 1 9 9 2 P a u l s e t a l . OTHER PUBLICATIONS

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