Friday, March 5, 2010

Split Squat Jumps

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

Split Squat Jumps :

Jump from a lunge position as high as possible. Do not switch legs in the air. Minimize ground contact time. Perform a set with each side forward.

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):

Split Squat Jumps :

Jump from a lunge position as high as possible. Do not switch legs in the air. Minimize ground contact time. Perform a set with each side forward.

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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