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Nautilus Inventor Arthur Jones Dies
Posted: 2007-08-28 20:18:39
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Arthur Jones, whose invention of Nautilus exercise equipment offered a more-targeted approach to strength training and changed the idea of a workout, died Tuesday. He was 80.
Jones had been ill for several days and died of natural causes at his home, said his son, William Edgar Jones.
"He should be remembered as a man of extreme intelligence, extreme independence and probably one of the most unrecognized and unawarded inventors that ever existed," his son said.
Nautilus came along in 1970 and soon became ubiquitous - Ronald Reagan was even said to use the equipment in the White House when he was recovering from his 1981 gunshot wound.
The invention is credited with pioneering the physical fitness movement, taking it out of the locker room and into health clubs, hotels and office buildings.
"Arthur Jones was the founder of modern-day exercise," Greg Webb, a Nautilus Inc. vice president of product development, said in a statement. "He had an incredible ability to create the interface between man and machine by incorporating biomechanics into exercise equipment."
Jones was particularly proud of his latest invention - exercise machines used for rehabilitation purposes by people with spinal cord injuries and back pain, his son said.
The success of the Nautilus machines also made Jones wealthy. He bought property in Ocala and started what has become the exclusive "fly-in" community of Jumbolair Aviation Estates, now most famously the home of John Travolta.
Besides his son, Arthur Jones' survivors include two daughters.
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