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Actually, it was a spin off of his first patented piece of equipment, the self-spotting bench press. I may take credit for starting the company, running the business and marketing it, (as even he has conceded that without me there would have been no Monolift Corp.) but as for the design, it was strictly his brainchild to begin with. €œThe Original Monolift”, as most of you know it, was designed exclusively by Ray Madden and none other. Married to Monolift – It’s all about the competition It think it goes back further than we realize

It shows a monolift being used in Nov 92. Paul take a look at page 8 P/L USA Mar 93. This design was tested at Hagerstown and used at the '94 NASA National - and became the production model the game came to know.Īnother contributor thinks it may have come on the scene even earlier: Some of the Peters bashers won't like him getting credit, but the two men redesigned the machine, moving the jack to the side at Peters' suggestion. Madden discussed using the machine with Rich Peters for a late '93 Hagerstown met, but Rich thought the machine dangerous, that the jack was badly located and the machine capable of tipping. Here is a simplified scenario.īy early 1993 there was a prototype model, and it was used in several meets. Williams and Bob G said earlier.Įverybody was right.

In the thread asking how many had walked out 1000 lb squats, the question of the introduction of the Monolft came up. Paul Kelso offers an account of how the monolift came into powerlifting.