WEIGHT-LIFTER HELPS SCIENTISTS.—The British weight-lifter and former world record breaker, Louis Martin, now in training for the Olympic Games, recently attempted a world record lift for the benefit Of a team of British scientists. He is shown at the Loughborough College of Technology in Leicestershire with 50 electrodes attached to his body to record body reactions. Analysis of this data may help weightlifters and other sportsmen to train more effectively. Ideas to aid people in farming and industry who lift heavy loads are another likely outcome.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31765, 23 August 1968, Page 15
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86WEIGHT-LIFTER HELPS SCIENTISTS.—The British weight-lifter and former world record breaker, Louis Martin, now in training for the Olympic Games, recently attempted a world record lift for the benefit Of a team of British scientists. He is shown at the Loughborough College of Technology in Leicestershire with 50 electrodes attached to his body to record body reactions. Analysis of this data may help weightlifters and other sportsmen to train more effectively. Ideas to aid people in farming and industry who lift heavy loads are another likely outcome. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31765, 23 August 1968, Page 15
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