Friday, March 5, 2010

Close Grip Bench Press

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

Close Grip Bench press:

Lie on the bench press. Feet flat on the floor. Take a close grip on the bar (inside shoulder width), and lower the bar to the chest, allowing the elbows to travel behind the body. Keep the elbows in line with the wrists at all times. Always go down to the same point on the chest 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):

Close Grip Bench press:

Lie on the bench press. Feet flat on the floor. Take a close grip on the bar (inside shoulder width), and lower the bar to the chest, allowing the elbows to travel behind the body. Keep the elbows in line with the wrist at all times. Always go down to the same point on the chest 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!

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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