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Professor Fahey,

Are you one of Brook's coauthors on his exercise physiology text ?

The name seems to indicate so.

Respectfully,

Dan Partelly

Oradea, Romania

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> I am a 60 year old masters discus thrower, exercise physiology

professor and former powerlifter who has trained seriously since I was

13 years old. While I don't have any data, the leverage chest press

machine looks like a shoulder destroyer. The fixed bar path places

unnatural torque on the shoulder joints.

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> I used to be reasonably strong in the bench press (450 lb at age 23

and 380 lb at age 55), but the lift ruined my shoulders. I don't know

any old " bench pressers " who don't have shoulder problems. I switched

to dumbbell and kettlebell exercises (presses, pulling exercises,

swings, etc) and my shoulders feel terrific. I even started throwing

the javelin after a 35 year layoff due to rotator cuff problems.

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> I realize that my comments are based on n=1 and personal experience,

but this problem is difficult to study experimentally. Remember, you

will be old a lot longer than you will be young. Take care of your

joints; you will need them for the rest of your life.

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> Fahey

> Dept of Kinesiology

> California State University, Chico

> Chico, CA 95929-0330

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> Bench Press Equipment

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> I've been lifting weights for 22 years. I've broken 2 benches in the

> last 3 years.

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> Can anyone recommend a leverage chest press that can take 1,000+ on

> the lever arm?

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> The leverage press has an advantage over a machine in that the

> lifter can position the bar to get a terrific stretch.

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