Previously, I taught myself Japanese, ran several marathons and invented and patented an exercise machine.

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The two main exercises for quadriceps include leg extensions (usually done on an exercise machine) and squats.

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In the inhibit mode, the robotic device would be used as an in-space exercise machine to supply resistance against leg movement.

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Hagan hired Thomas Connerty, who had run marketing at Nautilus, the company that pitches the Bowflex exercise machine incessantly on late-night TV.

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It meant a machine gunner attacking a static target for the exercise shot over land.

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