Friday, March 5, 2010

Bent over row - Barbell, prone grip

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

Barbell Bent-over Row: (prone grip)

Standing with a bar in a pronated grip. Bend at the waist – keeping the chest up and a flat back. Pull the barbell up as far as possible – making contact with the rib cage is possible and retract the scapula fully. Slowly return to the start position.

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):

Barbell Bent-over Row: (prone grip)

Standing with a bar in a pronated grip. Bend at the waist – keeping the chest up and a flat back. Pull the barbell up as far as possible – making contact with the rib cage is possible and retract the scapula fully. Slowly return to the start position.

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 two 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....

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