1. A method of using a cardiovascular exercise machine, comprising:
supplying the cardiovascular exercise machine to a user, wherein said machine comprises:
a stationary frame;
a plurality of rails movably connected to said frame and also connected to a crankshaft such that said rails traverse a path in conjunction with said crankshaft’s rotation relative to said frame;
a plurality of exercise arms connected to said frame that reciprocates as said crankshaft rotates;
a plurality of footskates capable of reciprocating movement on said rails;
a plurality of stationary loadbearing platforms, each platform adapted to support one of said user’s feet, with said platforms functionally separated from said crankshaft but rigidly connected to said frame at an operative distance and angle from said exercise arm and sized and shaped to support said user while said user operates said exercise arm; and
a handlebar fixedly connected to said frame at an operative distance and angle from said footskates and separated from said crankshaft;
providing a first position wherein said user stands on said platforms and moves said exercise arms;
providing a second position wherein said user stands on said footskates and moves said footskates and said exercise arms simultaneously;
providing a third position wherein said user stands on said footskates and grasps said handlebar and moves said footskates without moving said exercise arms;
having said user move among said first position, said second position, and said third position; and
altering a resistance associated with said user’s use of said footskates and said exercise arms so that different resistance is provided when:
said user is in said first position, than when
said user is in said second position, than when
said user is in said third position.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of having is performed within a single workout session.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of adjusting said platforms.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of adjusting said handlebar.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said first position is one of a plurality of first positions, wherein in each of said first positions said user utilizes a distinct position of said user’s body on the platforms from each other of said first positions.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said moving said exercise arms is affected by said resistance.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said moving said footskates is affected by said resistance.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of assuming a stance on said platforms.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein said machine further comprises a control panel, wherein said control panel directs all said steps of providing, having and altering.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising a step of selecting a computer-directed workout, wherein said workout directs said user’s movement among said first position, said second position, and said third position.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said computer-directed workout further alters said resistance associated with said user’s use of said footskate and said exercise arm so that different resistance is provided when:
said user is in said first position, than when
said user is in said second position, than when
said user is in said third position.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein workout instructs said user to change between said first position, said second position, and said third position.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said workout instructs said machine to alter the resistance between said first position, said second position, and said third position.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of forming a capacitor comprising;
providing a foil comprising a conductive core and a high surface area layer on each side of a first side and a second side of said core;
removing at least a portion of said high surface area layer on said first side of said core; and
forming a conductive layer on said second side.
2. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein said removing of said high surface area layer is selected from chemical etching and physical removal.
3. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 2 wherein said chemical etching is etching by an alkali solution.
4. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 3 wherein said alkali solution is a sodium hydroxide solution or a potassium hydroxide solution.
5. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 2 wherein said physical removal is selected from the group consisting of plasma etching, laser ablation and polishing.
6. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein said core comprises a valve metal.
7. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 6 wherein said valve metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, tantalum, titanium, niobium zirconium and hafnium.
8. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 7 wherein said valve metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum and tantalum.
9. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 further comprising forming a dielectric on said high surface area layer on said second side of said core;
10. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein after said removing said first side has no more than 15 angstroms of oxide.
11. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein after said removing said first side has a roughness of no more than 0.01 m2g.
12. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein said second side has at least 25 angstroms of oxide.
13. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein said second side has a roughness of at least 0.1 m2g.
14. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 further comprising forming a cathode termination in electrical contact with said conductive layer.
15. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 further comprising forming an anode termination in electrical contact with said core.
16. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 1 wherein said conductive layer comprises at least one conductor selected from the group consisting of manganese dioxide and a conductive polymer.
17. The method of forming a capacitor of claim 16 wherein said conductive polymer comprises 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene.