![]() ![]() fixed-weight dumbbells up to 150 lb., Olympic lifting platform. Spartan(we pronounced it spar-tan, accent on the second syllable) was a new and definitely heavy- duty gym. Thank goodness for stretchy double-knit polyester bell-bottoms. of muscle and a new wardrobe in the process. I pounced on opportunities to use the phrase “full-range,direct,rotary,automatically-variable resistance in conversation and had gained 20 lb. I had been training for more than a year using “Nautilus principles”. suburb, bought their first Nautilus machine: the plate-loading biceps/ triceps machine. In 1972 the Spartan Gym, in Oxon Hill, Md., a Washington D.C. In some respects, this machine addressed less-important functions, but it tied into what most people-particularly men-were already focused upon. Meanwhile, Arthur saw an easy and very salable application of the Pullover’s inherent principles in an arm machine-the Nautilus Biceps/Triceps. It was associated with knee injuries among some, especially the orthopedic community. Additionally, “squat” had negative connotations among many who did grasp the term. How was Arthur to overcome the fact that few people performed such an exercise? How could Arthur make them relate to its value for the abdominals, the pectoralis musculatures, or a musculature most could not see or feel because it was behind them-the latissimus dorsi?Īrthur smartly dubbed the Pullover “the Upper-Body Squat.” This instantly connected with the bodybuilders, weightlifters, powerlifters, and football players, but was not a connection with the general public or most other athletes. They presented access barriers that would require later circumvention.Īnd the Pullover possessed some marketing barriers. Other areas of the body demanded the same attention, but they were not as accessible. The Pullover made the upper torso structures accessible, because it provided direct resistance-resistance applied directly to body parts moved by the target muscles rather than filtering the resistance through the weaker arm musculatures. It was the physical manifestation of Arthur’s great epiphany to the body’s locomotor principles-a rotational format.Īppropriately, the Pullover was Arthur’s choice as the most useful and needed device to address the accessible-that massive and largely untapped musculature about the upper torso. The Pullover was the basis for everything to follow. ![]() As a teenager, Gary ’s original idea was the Nautilus cam. Gary Jones in one of the earliest pre-production Nautilus Pullovers.
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