Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff allegedly sustained personal injuries while he was exercising at the defendant's gym with what he described as a set of 140-pound dumbbells, consisting of seven 10-pound metal plates on each side of a metal bar. The doctrine of primary assumption of risk provides that a voluntary participant in a sporting or recreational activity "consents to those commonly appreciated risks which are inherent in and arise...
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