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To: Olog-hai
I'm guessing that it's this device:

Seemingly safer than dumbbells, but apparently not as safe as you'd think. I understand the rationale behind something like this - no weight plates or dumbbells to trip over or fall on your toes/head. The danger comes from when the user tries too hard and gets pulled by the bungee cord instead of pulling it. Something similar can happen with free weights, but the bungee cord effect, where resistance increases rather than stays constant throughout the full range of motion, might be harder to control. Seems to me he'd have been better off with a weight machine. They're certainly way cheaper than the Theraband.

21 posted on 03/29/2019 2:23:21 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Reid seems to be bright, but stupid. It’s possible he secured that metal plate directly to drywall with screws. Then, after repeated use, the drywall lost its grip on the screws and upon a load, the metal plate launched from the wall and propelled into Dingy’s moronic face.


77 posted on 04/06/2019 3:57:25 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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