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#1 2015-08-24 05:54:54

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1224

'shoulder plates' for 'shoulder blades'

My wife came across someone who called her shoulder blades shoulder plates which seems reasonable to me, these bits of us being at least as plate-like as blade-like. Additionally, it wouldn’t be difficult to mis-hear ‘blade’ as ‘plate’ in situations where crisp and clear diction may not be deemed particularly important – like everyday informal speech for example.

... you are training. That’s why you need to keep good posture, pull your shoulders back and your shoulder plates together etc. etc. for every rep.

For nearly 3 years to date I have been experiencing a cold sensation between my shoulder plates. Since then I have been treated by two …

From here, I started getting regular acne on my butt ALL the way up to my shoulder plates, down my shoulders, on my whole chest, and sides of …

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