Bench Press

In 2000 (and on a few other occasions) I published and claimed copyright on this exercise description (bolding added now):

Bench Press

Lie on the bench press. Feet should remain flat on the floor. Take a medium grip on the bar, and lower the bar to the sternum. Always go down to the same point on the base of the sternum each time, and pause there.

I was conducting research and I came upon the following exercise in a publication copyright claimed by another 'author' at a subsequent date (bolding added):

Bench press

Lie on the bench press. Feet should remain flat on the floor. Take a medium grip on the bar, and lower the bar to the sternum. Always go down to the same point on the base of the sternum each time, and pause there.

And I said to myself: “That looks familiar!” So I cross-referenced it and I said to myself: “Wow! No wonder that looked familiar!”

And I came upon this description another three more times by the same 'author' in different publications.

I noted that the use of this description was in the absence of credits or references to the origin or permission to use from the original author (myself), and that the 'author' claimed copyright....