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i above it,"Body says."But owners very often have to make a choice between having no glare at all or allowing a little Curves Ahead glare because they want to be able to open the pool deck out onto a lawn or sand volleyball areas. "If you actually took the most conserva- tive position on every one of these issues, you'd probably finish up with a fairly life- less building,"he says."There are flat-out errors that occur in facility planning,but a lot of decisions are judgment calls." 1 "It's unfortunate for the people who have these failures,but It's comforting to �, "'� •-,,, the rest of us to realize there's nothing new about them,"says Wiggins. "Fortu- nately, all of these problems have solu- tions,and all can be avoided with proper attention to details at the outset." Solutions found within one year of +' completion are often paid for by archi- tects or contractors, who after all are service professionals —they'll stand behind their work because not doing so I' �'0 V. "Apart from the very obvious THE SCIENCE OF MOTION i tt F ones, I do think in many 'The ARCUATE series of products by Pacific Fitness accomplishes several of my principal goals in strength training. That is, they cases one man's error Is employ selectorized equipment in the delivery of a safe exercise while simultaneously engaging multiple joints to provide a natur- another man's preference." al arc like motion with variable resistance over the full exercise ' range. The ARCUATE series can be used easily by the novice as well . K: as the advanced exerciser. These machines are aggressively chat- reflects poorly on them. Oberlander lenging and yet offer the ultimate in safety.I'm impressed with the says his firm will typically return to a project 11 months after its completed biomechanical advantage the machines provide the user." to walk through each room with the Donald A. Chu, Ph.D., R.P.T. client,so that he or she has time to take 11 Ather Sports Injury Clinic, Castro Valley, California advantage of any one-year warranties. "If they're design-related—like carpet- ing or door closers that were mis-speci- fied and haven't held up well —there can be some reparation,"he says. e / Canning,who in addition to working in { r college recreation has served as a facility /J consultant on several dozen projects, describes such problems as inevitable. Chest Press Incline Press Seated Row Shoulder Press "If you talk to folks who say there's nothing wrong with their building, The industry has changed With club is guided by a pre-determined arc- they're not telling you the whole truth," owners demanding new innovations, like path which follows the human he says."As much input as you can pos- designs, and technologies, many of body's natural movement. This sibly get, there still are going to be the strong equipment manufacturers insures safety and consistency omissions and errors." of the are being replaced b through each repetition,giving you a Those things just happen,"Oberlan- P g ep Y g pe n,9T g Y der says. "When you mass-produce aggressive companies of the future. better, more efficient workout. For cars, for example, you design a proto- Arcuate Technology by Pacific Fitness more information about ARCUATE type and then make hundreds of thou- is a perfect example of this new way of technology and the complete line of sands of them and there's time to thinking. The most important aspect Pacific's commercial products, call refine the design. Everything in a of this new technology is that the user 1-800-722-3482• sports facility is custom-designed and ��,,, no two are exactly alike, and all the Pacific Fitness Corporation parts that go into a building are at least 6600 W. Katella Ave Cypress,CA 90630 as complicated as those in cars. You (800) PACFIT2, Fax: (714)373-1226 �, �� can't expect it to be perfect and not have some problems."■ 34 A1Mfr1C BUSINESS August 1995 Circle 25 as Reply Card