Friday, March 5, 2010

Forearm Extension and Flexion - DB

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

Forearm extension and flexion :

Kneel on the ground and hold the dumbbell with a medium grip. Rest the forearms on a prone bench, with the hands just off the side. The bar should be parallel to the long axis of the bench. You will have grip with the palms facing upwards (supine) for flexion and downwards (prone) for extension. Note the relatively slow speeds - this will reduce the amount of load required (you may be stunned by how light you need to go, especially in the extension!) Use a full range for both, and in flexion, allow the dumbbells to roll to the end of the fingers (as far as you can go without losing it!). You may want to do a light warm up set, or even just do 2 work sets instead.

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):

Forearm extension and flexion :

Kneel on the ground and hold the dumbbell with a medium grip. Rest the forearms on a prone bench, with the hands just off the side. The bar should be parallel to the long axis of the bench. You will have grip with the palms facing upwards (supine) for flexion and downwards (prone) for extension. Note the relatively slow speeds - this will reduce the amount of load required (you may be stunned by how light you need to go, especially in the extension!) Use a full range for both, and in flexion, allow the dumbbells to roll to the end of the fingers (as far as you can go without losing it!). You may want to do a light warm up set, or even just do 2 work sets instead.

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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