Cybex's Passion for Human Performance Goes On-Line; New Web site launched with "Who Wants to Feel Like A Millionaire" contest.

Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers

MEDWAY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000

Cybex International's passion for human performance can now be found online. The leading designer and manufacturer of commercial and personal strength and fitness equipment has launched a new website at eCybex.com. The new site will allow trade partners and customers to access their accounts with Cybex in realtime, order products and parts, track orders and request service at the click of a mouse. In addition to Cybex product information and online ordering capabilities, eCybex.com is a user-friendly wealth of health and fitness knowledge. It features numerous educational components, via the Cybex Institute, which allow users to interactively learn about the most current information on health and fitness.

"This new site is what we're all about at Cybex-- passion for human performance," said Peter Haines, CEO of Cybex, International, Inc. "We intend for eCybex.com to be an easy, educational and fun tool for everyone from our dealers to club owners to fitness beginners and world-class athletes." A first for the industry, eCybex.com allows trade partners and consumers to log in to a secure account where they can view and order Cybex strength and cardiovascular equipment directly online. Additionally, users can now order parts online and check and track their orders once they are made.

As part of the launch of eCybex.com, Cybex is holding an online contest, "Who Wants To Feel Like A Millionaire." Beginning on March 1, 2000, a new health and fitness question will be posted on the eCybex.com website every week for eight weeks. Visitors to the site will be able to submit their answers each week. Each time a visitor answers a question correctly, their name will be entered into the grand prize drawing. The grand prize winner will get to "feel like a millionaire" at their choice of a Destination Spa getaway from the Destination Spa Group. The winner can chose from a getaway at Lake Austin Spa Resort in Austin, Texas; Mountain Trek Fitness Retreat and Health Spa in British Columbia, Canada; Deerfield Manor Spa in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; or Green Mountain at Fox Run in Ludlow, Vermont. The second prize winner will receive a 300T, Cybex's preferred treadmill for home use. Third prize winner will receive a customized workout provided by Cybex Education and Training Manager Tracy Morgan. Detailed entry rules can be found on the site at eCybex.com. The contest winner will be announced online on May 1, 2000.

Among its educational features, eCybex.com offers the Virtual Cybex Institute, an electronic version of the world class training and education facility attached to Cybex' Medway headquarters. The eCybex Institute provides training tips, articles on performance training, and human performance news, as well as an "Ask Tracy" section where users can ask Tracy Morgan health and fitness questions online. Additionally, there is a calculator section which allows users to enter personal information to calculate their own measurements for body mass and target heart rate.

"We feel that it is our responsibility to educate consumers about what it is our equipment is designed to do-- lead users to healthier lifestyles," said Morgan. "We've designed eCybex to be a teaching tool and a resource which people can use to find out the latest and most accurate health and fitness research and techniques."

Cybex International, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of premium cardiovascular and strength training equipment for consumer and commercial use. Cybex and the Cybex Institute, a training and research facility, are dedicated to improving human performance, an overall state of wellness based on the diverse goals and needs of individuals of varying physical capabilities. Cybex designs and engineers each of its products and programs to reflect the natural movement of the human body, allowing for variation in training and assisting each unique user--from professional athletes to rehabilitation patients--to improve their daily human performance. For more information on Cybex and its product line, please visit their web site at www.eCybex.com.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made above. These include, but are not limited to, competitive factors, technological and product developments, market demand, and uncertainties relating to the consolidation of the merged and acquired companies' businesses. Further information on these and other factors which could affect the Company's financial results can be found in the Company's previously filed Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, its Form 10-Q for the period ending September 25, 1999, and its proxy statement dated April 16, 1999.