Posted on 01/18/2008 12:41:49 PM PST by stainlessbanner
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A gym member is suing over an inflated exercise ball that he said burst under him, dropping him to the floor.
Pete Royal said he was leaning back on the exercise ball and about to lift a pair of 75-pound dumbbells when the ball burst.
Royal weighs 200 pounds.
He said he needed five surgeries and couldn't use either arm for six months after the 2005 incident.
The 61-year Jacksonville man's lawsuit says the YMCA failed to maintain safe conditions in the gym.
It also claims the manufacturers mislabeled the rubber ball as an "anti-burst" ball. Representatives for the YMCA of Florida's First Coast and TKO Sports Group declined comment.
Royal said he still works out at the YMCA, but he warns other gym members about the exercise balls.
He said they should display weight limits.
There was someone watching. He was working out with a YMCA personal trainer who he hired.
It has to do with using the stabilization muscles in addition to the normal pressing muscles.
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