maintained by a single potentiometer 14 and transducer 15 and single regulator 10 as in the bilateral military press mode the military press structure and system operation can be combined with the lat pull down structure and system operation to provide dual action embodiments that allow a user to accomplish both exercises on the same machine either independently as described above for the single action modes or at the same time in these embodiments either one or two control valves 12 are included in the system to enable a user to switch between action modes the simplest dual action system configuration is for a unilateral dual action embodiment the control system for this embodiment includes two regulators 10 1 and 10 2 two accumulator tanks 11 1 and 11 2 two potentiometers 14 1 and 14 2 two transducers 15 1 and 15 2 one control valve 12 and two piston cylinders 13 1 and 13 2 in this description of a dual mode military press and lat pull down system the reference number modifier 1 refers to components associated with and controlling the military press portion of the system and reference number modifier 2 refers to components associated with and controlling the lat pull down portion in this embodiment.