Anybody ever nearly get wrekt while lifting or saw it happen to someone else? This just happened to me:
>Bench intensity day
>310lbs, attempting triple
>ask kid to spot me
>tell him I'll unrack it myself
>don't like liftoff because I lose upper back tightness sometimes
>assume position and begin lifting it out
>wrists buckle slightly and bar immediately slams back onto the hooks
>realize that could have been on my face
>tell kid I need a moment before attempting again
I ended up getting the triple but my heart was in my throat the whole time. This is why I shake my head seeing ppl thumbless Bench. Share stories pls.
>>36371797
This one time a girl talked to me in the gym, most scared I have been my entire life.
i'm so glad since i got a powerrack
>>36371797
D-did he died? Is there a video of this?
recently failed a set with 315 recently. luckily i didn't use clips and could just dump the weight. hurt my shoulders though.
that one time some well intentioned old dude almost killed me though. he put on the clips while i wasn't looking and got very close to failure without having a spotter.
i don't usually scream at anyone but that shit kinda freaked me out.
>>36371806
scary shit, mane. i hope you managed to recover.
>>36371833
bench spotter safeties failed, he didn't die
sad thing is that this bench is apporoved by IPF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1zB-Bu6V44
>>36371797
>don't like liftoff because I lose upper back tightness sometimes
That means your spotter sux and pulled the bar up vertically far too much. They pulled the bar up instead of out.
>squatting 160kg
>safeties in the gym squat rack are ridiculously short
>can't walk out too far
>end up getting serious forward lean coming up from the squat
>bar hits the hooks of the rack
>I end up collapsing with the bar slamming off the safeties
That put me off squatting heavy for a while and now I only do it in a power rack.
>>36371871
They didn't technically fail, he failed. The design of the bench also failed.
There is a space between the safety and the rack. He put the bar inbweteen that spot.
Not so much scary because of risking injury, but I used to be scared of these "gym bully" types. That was until I grew some balls and, well.. I'll just tell the story.
>two roided chavs always trying to stare me down in the gym for no reason
>goes on for ages, they do little shit like move my weights when i'm refilling water bottle
>getting changed one day, they walk in, see me and laugh
>ask what their problem is
>one calls me a faggot and tells me to stfu, tells me not to go to the gym anymore
Now, being a weak pussy at the time, I started training early in the morning as opposed to late at night to avoid them... six months later I had becmoe a lot bigger, but more than that I'd spent a few months training in boxing and Muay Thai. I realised I shouldn't be afraid of some wannabe gangsters, so I started going late again.
>a few weeks pass without me seeing them, wonder if they switched gyms
>leaving gym one night, see one of them walking to his car alone
>late at night on a saturday, car park is empty and the gym was extremely quiet
>run up to him, push him then kick his leg out from underneath him
>look around, can't see anyone plus we're partially concealed on one side because of two huge bins
>start calling him all the thinks i'd wanted to, now he was the girl hair, the faggot, the bitch
>he's protesting, saying he didn't mean to, trying to scramble away
>start kicking his ribs and stamping on his chest
>he looks like he's reaching into his jacket for something for something (he's slow as fuck so not really worried) so I stamp on his face
>at this point i think he's in no position to fight back
>suddenly get a great idea, need to piss pretty bad
>unzip my jeans and let fly all over his body, laughing as i drench him
>he's lying there hunched over gurgling in pain
>kick him hard 5 times in the ribs, laughing like a maniac at this point
>tell him don't fuck with me again and take his gym bag + phone, throw it all in a river near my house on the way home
>be me
>working out at gym
>squatting around 200lbs
>done with set
>walk forward rack it
>thought that it racked on both sides
>it isn't
> only one side is
>don't know and relax fully
>my right hand pulls me back
> hold the left side
>the entire bar is off rack and I'm falling back
> call for help and the things that are there to stop you from being crushed are low
>no one is noticing in tiny gym that I'm dying
>fuckit.jpeg
>force my wrist to snap forward and pull myself forward
>finally everyone notices
>friend runs over like I'm dying but I already rack by myself
>everyone thinks I'm a tard cause I'm having problems with 200 lbs
>wrist hurt feel strained
Squatting 535 for double.
Spot is friend of a friend
Hit first rep
Going down on 2nd rep. Just before i was about to hit depth i feel something hit my ham.(no homo)
Im like wtf is that
Im still going down cause gotta get depth or skwat doesnt count
My right leg digs into his knee and causes my leg to collapse in.
I fall down forward with the weight lucky didnt hurt knee.
Tore muscle in back and didnt lift for 8 months.
Still havent been able to squat past 500lbs
We have a sand pit outside we use to throw kegs and kettle bels over a really high rope suspended acroos poles at like 2 stories high. I threw a wet 15kg kettle bell one handed and it slipped and went really high then almost landed on my brothers head who was standing nearby. He jumped at the last second, but I nearly murded or brained my bro. I still feel bad about it.
>>36371978
That didn't happen m8
>>36371978
>>36371936
>>36371936
that's exaatly what i meant
what if it happened on powerlifting meets where poundages go 600+ for bench
manufacturer and the person who approved it are to blame
>god bless power racks
>>36371978
This sunday on "Things that never happened"
>>36371978
you've watch too much anime
autism/10
>>36371978
I thought it was a homeless guy?
>>36371881
Yea the spotter usually either does too much or too little while assisting the liftoff so I just got accustomed to doing it myself. I have new respect for the weight now, that's for sure.
>>36371797
I'm a noob lifter, but was hitting a new PR for 5x5 on bench.
Second set, last rep i was about an inch away from re-racking it. I was so fucking close, but i just couldn't make it.
Bar came crashing on my face, managed to push most of the weight off to one side, but the rest still hit my face. Was about half an inch away from losing all my teeth.
Scared the shit out of me. Hit the 5x5 my next session tho. Nose still hurts like a bitch.
>>36371978
Forgot the part where you pulled out his dick and sucked him off
>>36371978
Did you fuck his girlfriend without a condom later that night?
>>36371978
How retarded are you
>>36371978
>>36371978
very common copypasta
I pulled a muscle in my back last week and I've been staying out of the gym out of paranoia for a week even though I can't even feel any discomfort at this point.
Why do i feel stronger with thumblezs bench? Using thumbs it kind if hurts more on my wrists and they feel like they're gonna break
>>36373466
Because your grip is too wide. You feel strong because you have a smaller rom but you have to suicide grip so your wrists stay aligned.
>>36371978
heh. nothin personnel... kid
Last year visited my friends gym so I wasn't used to the bar height on the squat rack. Loaded up 3pl8 maxing out for reps and I lost balance coming back up. Fell backward a lil and caught myself on my back foot and muscled it back up onto the rack.
Fucked up something in my neck or back because I woke up later with a stiff neck that later became numbness in my shoulder and side of neck. Scared me and fucked me up for a while and sorta turned me off to lifting heavy. I only ever fuck with 225-275 on squat now because I don't feel that original drive to lift heavy and linearly progress every week like I used to. Luckily the numbness (pinched nerve) went away after seeing a back doctor in Chinatown who only took payment in 40 cash LOL
>>36371978
> go to walk away but turn around before I do
> tip my fedora and mutter "heh...nothin personell kid.."
>>36371978
>OP standing up for himself at the gym
>headed for new max squat (3pl8 finally)
>unrack
>descend
>shit, too deep, can't get out of the hole
>strain with the force of 1000 suns
>spotter freezes up
>end up leaning forward and good morning-ing the weight all the way down to the (really low) safety racks
I thought I had broken myself, but after 4 weeks without squatting and 3 weeks only squatting with a belt I'm back to normal
>3 years ago, back when I was new to lifting and all-around very socially awkward (I still am, but getting better
>midnight workout at a 24/7 gym
>only one dude besides me
>I am squatting 1pl8 on a squat rack and he is benching a couple of meters behind me
>it's the 2nd or 3rd rep of my last set
>'AAOAOoARRGGH'
>most haunting scream I had ever heard
>see the dude twitching in the mirror
>finish my set and rack the weight and just watch from the mirror, without turning around
>dude is having a seizure (epileptic, I'm guessing now) and the barbell is on his chest/neck area
>don't know what to do, it looks really bad (I'm guessing it wasn't that bad)
>absolutely terrified of calling the ambulance and the thought of staying there with a person who is having a fucking seizure
>mumble 'I will go get some help'
>run out of the gym and never go back there again
I don't know if he died or not and I dont really care. People who have a condition like that shouldn't go to the gym, especially during night-time.
>>36371797
>Me doing squats
>Little kid next to me comes to squat rack.
>Weight is kinda high up
>Assuming someone was doing shoulder press
>3 plates on side
>Kid starts un-racking weights from one side
>See what kids doing moves away from kid and squat rack
>Weight flips over and slams everywhere break glass in front of squat rack.
>Be me laughing so hard have to re-rack fast
>Owner comes and see what happens
>kid is so embarrassed
> I'm on floor laughing
>pic related mfw
>>36371936
>safety works, unless you push the bar back onto the rail, where you are supposed to push it to re-rack it
>if you miss the re-rack and dont move the bar forward again, bar falls into small gap
>safety rail now makes it impossible to move bar off of neck unless you retrace the bar path to a very small specific spot that is not conductive to normal movement. Keep in mind you are only in this position because you failed a lift and are likely not strong enough to do this.
Seems real safe to me...
>>36374221
>"i will go get help"
Devilish as fuark anon
>>36374300
What the fuck show is that from? I would love to hear the banter of the glorious lineup of comedians.
>be with gym
>boyfriend cums in my butt
jelly you don't fuck a bitch like me?
>>36372152
>not doing the roll of shame
Nice one on the PR though, what weight,
>>36374441
I don't know but I know they discussed the n-word and Chris Rock had the most awkward look on his face because Louis CK repeated it like 10 time in a row.
>>36374441
>>36374488
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il1sgQUtYs8
Found it
>>36373466
Because you have the bar too high in your hand when your using your thumbs. Make sure it's right down in the groove of your thumb so your wrists can be straighter.
>>36374441
YouTube it man, it's quite good
Though Ricky Gervais tries to get too deep and deconstruct 'humour' whereas the others just want to say funny shit
>>36374300
I did this once. Luckily I didn't break anything or hurt anyone, but I still cringe about it.
>be me
>friend tags along for workout
>he never lift
>he kinda built
>finish benching
>ask him if he want to go
>says a plate on each side
>i don't think he can handle it but whatever
>asks for liftoff
>call him a pussy but i do it
>goes down
>screams for all his life
>rack it for him
>everyone in the gym looks at us
>i try to play it off
>yell at him
>im a huge asshole now and they kicked my out of the gym for some reason for not respecting other gym members
>havnt gone to the gym in 3 weeks
>gain weight
hate my life
>>36371936
There's a space between the safeties and rack? Why even have the fucking safeties then holy shit. It's not like I'm worried about dropping it on my chest, the neck is literally the only thing that needs protection.
>>36374499
It's scary that people find this funny
>>36375786
agreed
fucking niggers
>>36371871
thats what you get for wearing jorts faggot in the video
>>36374221
you're a bad person
>>36371797
>Oh shit, there's been a terrible gym accident!
>Better take a picture before I help the guy
>>36371797
None, because I'm not an unsafe idiot.
>>36377284
What does being retarded feel like?
>>36377284
Are you seriously this stupid?
I work security at a call center and we have an on site gym. Skinny af guy dropped while benching and it crushed his throat. He died immediately. His body wasn't found for 45 minutes. I got to watch the footage. He took off the safety catches and it ended up killing him.
>>36371797
How the fuck did the bar even get there
I bench in a power cage, if the bar falls it will land on the safety bars and I will be unharmed. I don't know why other people don't do it this way. Homegym is the best.
>>36378588
Thisx1000000000000000
Not having to worry about failing = more productive sessions.
>>36371797
>be at gym
>benching 225 5x5
>middle of set, guy next to me asks me to spot him
>finish and say ok bro
>has obviously too many plates on the bar
>says to not help with lift off
>does 1 rep about 1 inch and slams the bar back on the rack
>ok bro i'll need your help again in a few
>cannot pass up the second act of this comedy routine
>>36371978
here's a classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lz1qJyWCVY
>>36374221
You're an absolute beta and deserve to be here forever. Faggot.
>>36371797
What's so scary, op? You almost died? So close to freedom, my friend.
>>36371978
>pasta
>>36378802
People leave /fit/ once they made it?
>>36379533
No.
>>36379702
>>36372010
Wut?
>>36374221
what the fuck is wrong with you???
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mkf7HP2-pr8
stay safe out there guys
>>36371978
>all these NYR friends that don't recognise pasta
>>36374221
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>>36379881
>The fucking thumbnail
NONONONONONONONO
>gym is semi full, I am in the one of the 4 racks doing OHP's
>small DYEL guy is constantly eye-balling all the four occupied reps
>skulks around using machines with horrid form, like super-loading the lat-machine and using it as an impromptu elevator
>I'm done with my failed PR set for lmao1plate
>about to re-rack weights when that kid runs up and tells me just to leave the weights on
>I expect him to maybe try and squat or deadlift those weights, but nope
>takes the bar and prepares for a 60 kg curl
>oh boy
>he can't even partially curl it
>we're 4 guys nervously eye-balling him now
>the kid is obviously getting nervous by his failure
>leans back, jumps, and uses all sorts of force to swing-curl that motherfucker
>hits himself with a big CLONK mid-chest
>he has officially lost control of the motion of the barbell
>the eternal curl-train to snap-city cannot be stopped now
>the barbell violently falls towards the ground
>the kid tries to stop the aggresive motion
>RRARGH
>one bicep tear, the other one probably strained as fuck
>barbell immediately falls to the ground
>kid is doing his best not to fucking scream
>one guy had already shown up with icing
>never see the kid again
>>36374221
This better be some sort of pasta because it's the first time in five years I've ever felt true rage on this board
Way way back when I first ever joined a gym when I was fifteen, I was using the assisted pull up machine and then tried to get off while I was still on the platform. I let go of the bar and was sent flying up and flipped over backwards.
Landed on my feet though lol
>>36371902
My gym has a similar problem except we only have a power cage, and it has these enormous fucking struts meant to hold safety bars, but really they just get in the fucking way. You seriously have to be squatting in the perfect spot to not hit the rack.
Every now and then I won't be paying attention and I'll clip one of them and nearly die. It seriously has to be one of the worst gyms in the country.
>Squatting 130kg
>as I reach parallel the bar swings over to the left
>Oh good lord what
>am completely atg with a wonky bar of 130kg on my back
>barely maintaining balance
>It levels out after a couple of seconds and manage to re-rack it.
>Some chucklefuck has propped up a dumbell right next to the rack for some reason and I slammed into it
>"Sorry man lol"
>>36371797
There's a dad at my gym who seems pretty insistent on paralyzing his ~13 year old son. He loads way too much weight on the leg press, and every rep violently crushes his frail body before he pushes it back up with extreme valgus and locks out his knees.
>>36374221
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>>36374020
>>end up leaning forward and good morning-ing the weight all the way down to the (really low) safety racks
Just ditch the bar you fucking mong. That's what the bars are there for.
>>36371978
It started so great but turned out to be a pasta. Disappointed
>>36371978
Fucking awesome punishment bro. Great work.
>>36374221
Only funny thing about the pasta is the guy choose to finish the set.
>not closing your shaker
>>36371871
Jesus, what a DYEL fatso.
>>36380430
you can't easily ditch the bar when you're low bar squatting
>>36371936
He failed because you're supposed to bring the bar straight up to lockout, not up to the racks.
>>36379881
"Crushing these legs..."
>>36380464
Fucking done this only it was at home not at the gym like some fedora wearing autist
>>36371797
>denim shorts
he deserves worse than death
>>36371797
I nearly dropped the 38kg dumbells on my face today when I was doing some chest presses.
People saw.
>>36372010
did your brother also wear leggings and just pretend to pull his hair up?
>>36380443
>calling something pasta because it looks like it might be, just to prove how 'oldfag' you are
You disgust me. It was OC.
>>36380103
I'll never understand people that have no clue about the type of weight they can lift
>doing incline leg press
>about 300kg or so
>final set, final rep
>go to rack the weight
>pin doesn't go in properly
>ohfuck.rpng
>knees fly to chest, weight drops down fucking hard
I panicked but dunno if it was adrenaline but I fucking pushed that fuckker off me somehow.:
>>36371984
Been there before, you think you have both sides racked and then bam your fucking leaning to one side weights flying everywhere, not fun
A while ago I lost my footing under a smith machine, with the way the bar is attached it made me fall backwards like I was doing limbo. I was able to reset the bar before I would have hit the floor but it was pretty close.
I've read articles online about these things fucking up people's spines so now if I have to use one I always check to make sure the safety locks are at a decent height.
>>36374221
i really hope this is fake
>>36381590
Yeah?
>>36371999
this
>is the new greentext
>>36371797
Not having a spotter is what scares me into breaking PRs
>>36374221
Its pretty easy dealing with someone having a seizure anon
1. Get help, remove his weights
2. Clear the area around him so he doesnt slam into anything
3. Call the ambulance
4. Just let him seize, keep people and objects away from him. DO NOT PUT YOUR FINGERS IN HIS MOUTH
5. After the seizure passes, he'll be disoriented. Let him come to on his own, give him some water if he does
6. Let the ambulance deal with it when they get there
>>36371978
>This anon has made it
i am a piece of shit. and i will never be as alpha as this guy.
>>36380040
>OEMONIC
stick with 2 words mate. youre not ready for 3
>>36371978
Of all the things that didn't happen, that didn't happen the most
>>36378731
>855lb walkout with a foam pad.
im suprised his spine didint snap to begin with
>>36374469
>babby's first attempt at being funny on 4chins
>Be 16 year old spooky skeleton
>go to mcfit, germanys cheapest 24 hours fitness chain on rushhour
>some huge guy with headphones is squatting 4 plates
>im really new to lifting but i heard squatting is good so i wait my turn, too shy to approach him and ask him how many sets left
>after waiting for 3 min. he finally does one set and sits down, leaning against the safety bars outside the powercage back to me
>i conclude he must be done and start deloading on the opposite side than him
>remove 1 plaet
>2 plaet
>as i remove the third plate the whole barbell tilts, goes high in the air and slides of to the side of the big guy
>for you
>hits him completely out of the blue in the neck with a loud disgusting sound
>he goes completely limb and everyone stops doing what they did
>i am completely stale complentating whatci just did
>panic and sprint out of the weight room, some guys try to stop me but the effort goes more to helping the guy
>escape and never return to that gym, let alone part of the town
i have far improved in the lifting game since then but goddamn i still start shaking when i remember thatcsound of bones breaking after the impact of the barbell
i hope hes okay
>>36382119
reddit detected
>>36382230
Man you just fucked up somebody that has taken lifting more seriously than you ever did and ever will do. Good b8
>>36380103
Happens all the fucking time.
Watching some little ass dyel come to the Dumbell rack, grab a pair of 45s and do five "lean back like doing the fucking limbo to attempt to curl the weight"s and just staring at them dumbfounded. I have more than once asked them what the actual fuck they are doing and they scuttle off without saying anything or get pissy.
>>36382347
wish it was bait bro
this is the very first time i told anyone about the incident and it really took a huge weight off my chest
>>36382401
>it really took a huge weight off my chest
unlike for this guy: >>36374221
>>36382230
Is it pronounced McFit like McDonalds or is it "emm-cee fit"?
>>36382441
like McDonalds
the corporates strategy is to have people subconsciously connect them to McDonalds
>American --> bigger, better, greater
>cheap but at the same time fulfilling
>non-elitist approach
>the gym of the small man
>the food may be greasy and the gym may have no trainers or supervision, but does that stop a real man from going there?
i could continue the list
signed,
marketing executive
>>36371797
>This is why I shake my head seeing ppl thumbless Bench
They call it "suicide grip" for a reason.
>>36382467
>American --> bigger, better, greater
Couldn't have said it better. Sorry about all the refugees invading your homeland
>>36382119
It's alpha though.
>>36382511
ty for your condolences (is that even an english word?) Mr. Great Sir.
I personally hoped that the reugee crisis would be alright, but now it turns out we will have to endure the rape and sexual assault of our women by foreign men that we are forbidden to criticize in any form...
i feel like living in a dictatorship that limits my right to free speech and a free live right now
Happened today.
>near-empty gym, doing my routine
>see in the mirror that a bunch of poo-in-loos are swarming one of the benches on the other end of the hall
>four guys and two girls
>two guys are fat, two are dyel as fuck
>chattering loudly about something and elbowing each other, girls are giggling
>apparently, one of the dyels either boasted or got challenged to bench press X weight
>he starts putting plates on a barebell, with great difficulty
>holy shit, this currynigger has no muscle at all, he is barely able to lift the fucking plates
>he loads the barbell to 120kg (200-something lbs, I think)
>isthisniggerserious.png
>his retarded friends are cheering him on
>he gets on a bench
>other poo-in-loos stand above to spot for him
>thisisnotgoingtoendwell.tiff
>before I can stop the idiot, he manages to lift the bar off the hinges and immediately drops it on his chest
>crunch
>the gym goes into full zoo mode, with poo-in-loos gibbering like baboons trying to get the bar off their sputtering and screaming friend
>with my help, they finally manage to free him
>the guy is unresponsive by then, probably gone into shock
>he crushed at least four of his ribs
>not spitting blood, so the lungs might still be intact
>the gym has an ambulance on constant standby nearby, so within a couple of minutes the dumb faggot gets carried out on a stretcher
>one of his friends then tries to pick a fight with the receptionist for some reason
Fucking Indians.
>>36374221
>when you see someone dying who you could save if you weren't an autistic ass
>>36382250
WhatDidYouCallMeFaggot.jpeg
>>36378731
>The guy on the Smith literally 'baka'
>>36380149
>five years
I'm sorry for you.
>>36380464
>Not licking those precious protons up off that filthy floor
>>36371978
You post this daily my dude.
Do you have a notepad where you saved this?
>First few weeks of lifting weight
>Barely even DYEL
>Buy some chocolate protein shake powder for the gains
>Decide that if I add hot water it might taste like a hot chocolate
>Boil kettle
>Pour boiling hot water into shaker screw lid on and begin shaking.
>A few seconds later the whole lid blows off
>Likely literally explodes everywhere
>Holy Fuck
>Protein shake residue literally coats all the walls, ceiling and floor of kitchen.
>For some reason not a single drop of it touches me.
It was only the next day that I'd realised how lucky I'd been. I'd naturally shook the lid away from me otherwise it would have blown up in my face and could have left some nasty as fuck burns.
>military base gym in georgia
>parking lot full except for part which is all loose dirt and sand
>Riding my bike (honda 599)
>On my way out, rear tire slips out
>fall on my ass
hope no one saw me
>be at gym squatting
>group of three dyel high schoolers, probably 14-15 come in
>They walk together around the gym doing random shit with very low weight
>At least they aren't stupid, right?
>Think nothing of it and continue skwatting
>See gym's resident tank that is somehow 250 lbs+ while only doing smith machine and high rep band work
>He's, for whatever reason, squatting 365 on smith machine
>He finishes
>See group of kids walk towards machine
>Assume they tell the man to leave the weight on the bar because he just walks away without deloading the bar
>noway.png
>Start my last set because they can't be THAT stupid
>3 reps down, I hear a loud crashing and screaming
>Kid unracked the bar and instantly got smashed by the weight coming down on him
>Snapped his shit, couldn't move
>Paramedics come take him away on stretcher
All I can think of is damn, he probably won't be able to walk anymore
>Clean 120 lb. bar to rack it on squat stand, done this a hundred times before
>Randomly pass the fuck out
>Instantly dreaming
>Fall forward instead of the 99% of people who fall backward during a clean & jerk k.o.
>Right ribs hit the plates, land on bar across middle of chest
>Wake up in great pain, try not to panic
>Take deep breaths, nothing broken
Took three weeks to get better, stopped lifting entirely for that time and gradually eased back with bodyweight exercises. Very little bruising. Wasn't able to do a pull-up for 10 days. Sneezing during the first 12 days was like getting hit in the chest with a plugged-in toaster oven.
Worst part was not being able to lie flat on my back for the first three or four days, had to sleep on an incline. Shit like this really makes you appreciate little things like being able to roll onto your side without daggers of pain.
Was able to get back to my old lifts pretty quickly. Last time I had to take more than a week off was 8 days of stomach flu but even then that wasn't as bad as I thought to get back on the horse. When in doubt, don't start lifting again until you're absolutely 100% pain free.
>>36371871
We have one of those is nice because I don't always like asking for spot on the bench but I do a lot anyway you know. It's tough not dying, but I like it.
>>36382003
3 years too late, man.
I could have lifted that weight off him, it was like 90 kgs. But I wouldn't have been able to handle the inevitable social situation with him or the medics. Autism made me back off. I didn't even consider helping him because in 2.5 microseconds my brain realized where that would take me.
>>36371797
the bench has fucking safe bars or what you call them, how did the bar even get there? am I missing something here?
>>36385095
oh nvm i saw the video
Broke my jaw doing overhanded bench.
Couldn't lift for 18 months.
Hell. Couldn't eat solid food for 8months.
Needed pig cartilage to reform my trachea and nose..
I'm never fucking going near my 1 rep max without a spotter holy shit
>>36380589
kek'd and almost check'd
>>36371797
Someone tell me what's going on in this pic. I feel like I'm missing something.
>>36385252
>Needed pig cartilage to reform my trachea and nose..
So you are part pig now?
I think you could apply for a job with these PEGIDA folks, y'know.
>>36385379
just dont let your elbows flare out like that, and you wont fail as hard as he did xD
>>36385455
he couldn't get it back onto the rack after lifting it, so he tried to set it down on the safety racks near the bottom, but he didn't realize he missed one of the safety racks. so when he relaxed, it slid off and pressed down hard on his neck.
>>36371797
I must have pinched a nerve in my back at work (lower back but kinda to the right, closer to my hip), but didn't wanna skip a workout...
>Go to gym
>Start with squats, felt okay during warmup sets, not much pain.
>Get to first work set
>On second rep, get a sharp pain at bottom of squat
I was in a squat rack so I bailed on it easy...but I couldn't stand up all the way. Scared the shit out of me.
>>36385695
>>36385455
I feel like if you're ever in the position like in OP's pic and you feel like your life is in danger, adrenaline will kick up and you'll push that weight off no matter what, as you know it's life or death and if you don't move it somewhat you're dead.
of course this doens't mean it'll work for 700 lbs , but I feel like if you can bench 2 pl8 you could move 4pl8 enough to live.
>>36385801
sure, you get that survival strength, but remember that guy just tried his one rep maximum probably. he's tired, the weight isn't evenly distributed and his form is gone.
>Working on pec fly machine on the ground floor gym
>Not many people in, like 3/4 in the room I'm in
>Hear ungodly scream come from the floor above
>Literally sounded like the most blood curdling bellow of agony I've ever heard
>Sprint upstairs to find out what the fuck has happened, reception girl and others follow me
>Guy lying in his back next to a punching bag
>Fucking dislocated his knee doing a roundhouse kick
>Can see his fucking knee popped it of its socket and twisted at a horrible angle
>Dude is screaming like a fucking banshee, eyes glazed over and not responding to any of us
>Sit with him till the ambulance arrives
>He stops screaming after a couple of minutes by is making serious grunting through his clenched Reeth
>Don't want to fucking touch him incase I fuck his knee up more, literally no idea wtf to do
>Paramedic comes in
>Had to fight to get to the door because here was a crowd of people outside wanting to know wtf the noise was
>People 2 blocks away heard his scream as the paramedic dabbed his knee and popped it back in place
I've been paranoid as fuck about my knees ever since
>Be sharing squat rack with a guy at school gym
>me with le 1 pl8
>this fucker is doing 3 pl8s..
>he wanders off and I start deloading the plates for my set
>I go side to side, ergo. I take off 3 pl8s off one side then plan to go to the next side
>without thinking (this was key), I create a medieval death squad catapult
>bar whips around furiously and slams in to the adjacent cage moments after the people next to us were in between grabbing weights off the hooks
>"Wow, I almost killed someone trying to lift weights"
>"I truly belong on 4chan.."
>>36386146
I could've done without this horrid story
>>36386178
>whole gym stops and looks at me.
>"hahahaha, wow. that was... uh.. not good!"
>....silence...
>gym staff walk over
>"So, did anyone hear a loud noise anywhere over here" - to me.
>Uh, yeah, I'm uh.. yeah.. physics. Sorry..
>>36371978
started nicely, then ended in the realm of fantasy...shame.
>>36386178
Serious question to you and other people who have deloaded the plates entirely from a single side first are you really they thick?
This is some basic equilibrium shit and yet it didn't occur to you for a moment that maybe you should deload a bar switching between sides to maintain balance?
And I get it I've done some bone head.stuff but these stories are way up there.
>>36385125
post link, I still can't figure out how much he quantum fucked up to get the bar into that loop
>>36386146
I don't understand how this works, as the knee is not a ball and socket joint.
>>36371978
So you learned how to fight just so you could hurt people? I approve.
>>36387308
Google patellar dislocation. Shit's gross.
>First year of lifting
>150lb 6'1 lanklet
>Don't know what the fuck I'm doing
>Doing squats in the Smith machine
>Load up lmao 250lbs
>Squat 1/4rm
>Remeber going on /fit/ earlier that day
>Remember "squat ass to grass"
>Load up weight on back
>Squat low, thighs parallel
>Start to come back up
>Legs fail
>Fall forward onto the ground
>Weight slams against the floor
>I forgot to put safeties up
>If there wasn't a small bumper at the end of the Smith machine I might well have been fucked up
>Seeing stars I stand up and walk out of the gym in disgrace
>>36387308
Think for it to happen you have to tear the tissues holding it in place? not sure desu senpai but damn the pain
>College, weightlifting class for mandatory gym credits
>New to lifting at this time
>Doing dumbbell press with 45 lbs dumbbells
>First few reps go fine, then disaster strikes
>My right arm loses balance when I'm going up
>It goes too far to the left, bicep almost touches my chest
>Get flung off the bench and fall to the ground
My shoulder hurt for a few days after that, I guess no one saw it happen though since no one asked if I was alright.
This wasn't really dangerous, just embarrassing.
>Going for new squat PR for 5x5
>First few reps going fantastic
>3 or 4th rep though it all goes downhill
>Get to the bottom of the squat, legs decide they would rather give out than go back up
>Bar hits the rack and makes a huge BANG
>Force pushes me down and I'm laying flat on my face for a second
It's a little humiliating to have to unrack some weight while everyone is looking.
>>36382401
>broke his neck
>"I hope he's okay "
Nah, it's b8. Good thing, too, because I would hate to think I live in a world with spineless cowards like you.
>>36380533
Just propell yourself backwards, you're in allahs hands now boii
having bench less than 1pl8 at 6'4" and 235 lbs
it was horrible
>>36383789
Where the fuck do you live that there is an ambulance on standby?
>>36384529
This is the single most retarded thing I have read on this thread. Good job OP. What caused you to think that was a good idea?
> be me
> sophomore year
> I was weak and fat
> could barely bench 60
> I notice our best wrestler was lifting 120
> I can do that
> decide to wait until wrestling team is out of the weight room
> didn't want to fail in front of the team
> see track team heading into weight room
> here's my chance
>sneak into the group
> I find kids who look like they would lift as much as me normally
>they're skeletons
> explain my plan
> they surprisingly agree
>put on 120
> here we go nigga
> lift it
> I DID IT
> proceed to lower to chest
> sumthin aint right
> can't lift
> CALL 911 NOW
> try to remain calm
> the skeletons are cheering me on
> YOU DIE LIKE A MAN
> There motivation helps me get it halfway up
> arms give out
> crashes on my chest
> the soft towel on my chest saves my life
> spooky skeletons are freaking out
> they try to help
> they can't
> they go to get help
> I think they'll bring someone strong
> nope
> more skelletons
> 8 skelletons are trying to lift the weight
> I see the light
> I died trying
> mom will understand
> WAIT
> the skeletons start lifting at once
> pressure is relived from chest
>I slide out as fast as possible
>brief pause
>they start cheering
> talking about how ballsy I was
> getting patted on back
> asking my name n shit
> hold back shame
> go home
> feel proud and traumatized at the same time
This is what made me decide to get serious
>>36388267
Wrestlers are autists. But they're good autists
>>36387635
>6'1
>lanklet
what
>>36388406
Do they not come in "tall and skinny" where you live?
>>36375857
KEK
>>36371978
is this a variation of the homeless former-bully pasta?
>>36386931
new people see that you can deload 2 plates just fine (since it is the most common of the "multiple plate lifts"), once they see that and emulate others they just apply the same process to heavier weights without truly analyzing it
>>36387722
failing on sqwats, dont worry bout that shit m8, hapens to everyone. just saw some guy sqwatting 3.8pl8 fail on way down
>>36384757
Stewart, hunter, benning?
>>36382230
I don't even know how to react
>>36388468
>6'1
>tall
C'mon
>in prison
>inmates working out in gym
>one guy using bench press
>other guy walks up behind him and drops a weight on his neck
>kills him
Niggers are crazy
>>36388468
>tall
>>36386244
>Freshman year joined football
>Most of us have no idea what we're doing in weight room
>Big guy 4u decided to try 2 pl8 bench
>Clips help with grip strength obviously
>Our retarded asses decide to spot with one person on each end of the bar cause having your balls near someone's head is homo
>Guy gets it unracked and down
>Grunts for maximum power
>Spotter opposite me freaks and jerks that side up
>My side drops before my eyes as I didn't freak when he grunted
>Lean in to catch it as the pl8s slide off
>Bar swings up and catches me square in the nose
Looked like a circus freak with a tomato on my face for a while, but I got lucky and kept all my teeth.
>>36374513
Anything to distract himself from the Cuck King
>>36371797
>This is why I shake my head seeing ppl thumbless Bench.
It's called the suicide grip for a reason.
>>36378564
This
>>36388136
Nowhere. That would cost an insane amount for a local gym, even a chain to have one
>>36371797
>start going to gym
>half of the staff say hi when you come/leave
>leaving gym
>holyshit.jpg so you say hi or no
>awkward as fuck if I say it first
>awkward as fuck if I dont say hi and they do
>>36391625
just go first and say good morning/afternoon/evening or something.
then when you leave, just say "bye".
>>36380589
So was making these leg gains part of your plan?
>>36385049
>>36385049
Seen this happen with a leg press. Kids legs snapped backwards.
>>36371978
So basically, you survived long enough to re-engage with a tactical advantage?
>>36380309
That reminds me theres this guy who comes in with his 12 year old son and gew him to row and bench, even though kids aren't allowed to lift, the pts just seem to turn a blind eye. Try to get his son to bench 60 or maybe 70 which is about what I lift. I'm not sure if he's damaging his sons body or if hes helping him make gains.
>>36371797
>This is why I shake my head seeing ppl thumbless Bench
It can be conventional, a moment of inattention and you're dead.
https://youtu.be/bqpZ6idUSrM?t=6m36s
>>36394499
I really don't understand thumbless bench. Naturally I'd always grip it with thumbs, the way I'd hold anything. Why do people keep using thumbless, more comfortable?
>>36385049
>smithing 365 at 250
Not v impressive t b q h
>>36394519
Did you watch the video? The guy benched with conventional grip.
>>36371978
>implying this actually happened
you need to apply yourself more because this sounds like someone beta faggot trying to get an imaginary revenge on someone they hate
>>36373697
underrated
>>36371978
>>36374499
its actually this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5I8wIy-H8
>>36387722
Failed squats numerous times m8, just have your safeties at a right height and it's cool.
>>36388267
>This is what made me decide to get serious
Serious at what? Necromancy?
>>36371881
>random gym dudes suck at spotting
>more news at 11
>>36380464
Period
>was doing diddlies
>finish set and turn toward bag which is behind me
>dude doing seated BTN press on smith machine
>has gym bro behind him spotting
>he goes to rack it and the hooks don't clip
>falls straight down to the back of his neck as his buddy misses the catch
luckily he was okay but that was pretty scary T B H
>fairly strong guy at the gym who sometimes brings his kid along whilst he lifts
>usually pretty quiet and well behaved, sits in the waiting area
>must have had a red bull this time or something because he's running around like a little shit
>Dad is squatting somewhere between 315-405
>kid runs up to him, jumps up and GRABS ON TO ONE SIDE OF THE BARBELL
>he's hanging off it for what seems like forever whilst his dad is screaming at him to let go
>bar is extremely lopsided on his back but he cant let go because the barbell could land on his son
>eventually kid lets go and he reracks it
>he grabs the kid
>leaves the gym
>never brings his kid to the gym again
>I go home and google 'how much is a vasectomy'
>>36385801
>adrenaline will kick up and you'll push that weight off no matter what
Those stories of mommies lifting cars to get their babies out are just that, stories.
Adrenaline doesn't make you super-human
>>36382643
Wasn't that crisis proven to be organized by a group of young men? If that was the case, don't you think that may have been a plot to bolster racism and hatred, furthering the cause of the terrorists?
>>36371797
That's why I started benching in a power rack. I have a home gym and I train alone, before I got a power rack I used to have nightmares about the bar hitting me on my face or neck.
>>36396743
This has to be the dumbest pro-immigrant argument of the lot. Are terrorists profiting off the increased racism and hatred caused by the immigrant crisis? Yeah probably. But clearly the best course of action here to fuck up their plans is still to not fucking accept immigrants in the first place.
>>36372152
Lock your elbows out before you move the weight to the pins. If they're not locked out, the weight should never go over your face, that way all you're hurting is your chest
>>36396847
Really? You don't think that making Muslims feel isolated and marginalized by the international community is exactly what fuels the kind of violence everybody's afraid of? There are millions of people seeking asylum from horrid atrocities and we're going to let these fuckers get their way? This kind of xenophobia and 'us against them' is the perfect storm for real wars. Seriously, they want us to reject immigrants. That way, they feel abandoned, and may join the fascists.
It's up to the police of any nation to ensure immigrants (or anybody for that matter) behaves themselves. Deport anyone who feels they can rape at their discretion.
You can't paint millions of people with the same brush. Anyway, it's happening regardless of your opinions. I just hope that none of the refugees have to deal with you.
>>36396985
I'm sure if you keep hugging the guy stabbing you and trying to hide that he's doing it from everyone else in the world he'll realize what a kind person you are and stop eventually.
>first time we had weight trainging during the offseason of football
>I partner up with my friend and do squats
>after we are done he starts tying his shoes
>I start to unrack the weights from my side
>tfw 50kg (110lbs) comes crashing down on his side, a few inches from him, and I almost kill my best friend.
>first time we have weight training during football offseason
>me and my friend team up for squats
>after we are done he gets done to tie his shoes
>I start unracking the weights from my side
>tfw 50kg (110lbs) comes chrashing down a few inches from his head and I almost kill my best friend
>>36397073
Wow, great moves anon. Keep it up. Do you seriously think you are more likely to be attacked by a stranger to your country as opposed to some junkey slimeball who was born there? There's a refugee in my town who is trying to get a position at the local university so he can continue his career. Boy do I ever get my back up when I see him. The nerdy little guy just screams unstable. You're more likely to be attacked by some drunk bro dude soupee here than 99.9% of the populace. Oddly enough, most of them were born here.
>>36388565
Not to everyone, only to the one that try hard
>>36397153
I don't think you understood the analogy m8.
>>36397105
Please take a physics course you fucking retard
>>36397568
How do you figure? You're saying that refugees=general harm toward the security of the nations accepting them.
I'm saying that hatred begets hatred. And that forcing these people to return or remain in situations where death, rape, torture and slavery are commonplace is not only immoral; but it will bolster a greater divide between world populations, furthering violence between said populations. I am by no means saying that an individual cannot do any harm, but we are talking about millions of people here.
We live in a global community, and we should look after one another
>>36397678
Will it? There were a lot less people with hatred towards Islam back before you started importing all the death and rape into your own countries. Their perception of the West has only gotten worse lately too.
Claiming its your responsibility to take care of the world is some stupid ass borderline "white man's burden" shit too. A country's primary responsibility is to its own people. Humanitarian efforts are all well and good but when you've started fucking over yourself it's time to stop.
>>36397841
There has been plenty of hatred. Just look at the post 911 rhetoric. And there have been a very small number of violent incidences that came along with the refugee crisis. But what do you expect? It's not as if you're not going to get a few bad people when there's so many of them. The benefits outweigh the impacts. Frankly i'm happy to see people moving to my area, where the average joe is some intolerant drunk piece of white trash with no education or job prospects. It's the societal equivalent of eating saltine crackers forever.
Seriously, have you ever been victimized by an immigrant? Cause I sure as hell haven't.
If you think all the shit in the middle east isn't a result of western meddling than you need to do your research. The bloodshed in Libia, Syria Iran etc can all be directly tied to western greed, political interference and resource grabbing.
So we insight coups, give power to corrupt fucks, bomb without discretion and send our collective armed forces over; and when the shit hits the fan, we say to the victums: "Sorry, not our problem."
Global decisions have global consequences. We have the responsibility and the means to help these people.
>>36398201
Why are you against intolerant pieces of white trash with no education or job prospects but for even MORE intolerant pieces of sand trash with even LESS education and job prospects? You are aware that even the most progressive people from that area are more fundie religious and whack-job right wing than the worst of your white trash right? And if they have any education it's not going to be worth anything here and their job prospects are basically zero due to their refugee status and inability to speak the local language. There are no benefits to hosting refugees, they are a drain on your economy and you're just making a new marginalized group living in ghettos and raising the crime rate.
Most of the issues today are caused by the arbitrary borders drawn after WWII with no regard to where the different ethnic and religious groups actually were. All the coups and bombing are just a result of failed attempts to fix those mistakes. I don't know what the right way to fix it would be but it definitely isn't just bringing everyone into Europe, that's just as retarded as the original mistake.
>>36398484
I beg to differ. A great deal of Syrians have university levels of education and have a lot to bring to the table provided language barriers can be overcome. Spoiler alert, they can.
This concept that it's all religious fundamentalism and conservatism is total malarkey. Why do you think there was an Arab Spring? Because their societies wanted to be free from oppression, control over education and the total blur between religion and state.
I encourage you to talk to one of them some day. I think you'll find they are human beings with stories, ambitions and hopes for better futures.
The original mistakes were acts of selfishness and greed. By taking in refugees, we are literally saving lives. It's not as if there's never been a successful migration of a large number of people.
>>36396985
>Really? You don't think that making Muslims feel isolated and marginalized by the international community is exactly what fuels the kind of violence everybody's afraid of?
Considering the histories and current state of various and sundry Muslim nations I'd say that they're plenty violent without even a whiff of the #firstworldproblems that you're harping on about.
>>36399186
If the powers that be were as racist as you, world war three would be just around the corner.
>>36399304
Dank response, senpai.
Now how about addressing my statement? Violence of all kinds is rife in Muslim nations, especially violent crime, theft, domestic abuse and sexual offenses. What makes you think that this culturally baggage will magically be shed when they set foot in a European country, especially when all evidence seems to point to the contrary?
>>36374221
>>36399406
Jeez, I wonder how that came to be? It couldn't have anything to do with foreign interests destroying infrastructure, rigging elections, pitting religious groups against one another and farming resources without giving them their dues, could it?
No, you're right. Their just killing one another cause their not white/catholic/as good as us, the self righteous west who does no harm elsewhere.
You really think refugees travel across the world, under the care of human smugglers (who do some pretty horrid things to them) with their families and only a pittance of their belongings; all the while thinking "Oh boy i'm excited to kill and rape those westerners. Yepperee, i'm coming this far just to stick it to the white man."
Their baggage is fucking trauma. Can you even comprehend the level of cruelty going on there? Can you at least try and empathize? The majority of them don't want to die in misery, can you blame them?
cool
>>36399558
>You really think refugees travel across the world, under the care of human smugglers (who do some pretty horrid things to them) with their families and only a pittance of their belongings
>with their families
>not abandoning their women and children in the camps back in Syria
Do you really still believe this?
>>36371797
Saw a NYR crossfit manlet nearly go to snap city when he tried to jerk 2pl8. Apparently he had never even done the lift before but was watching other people clean & jerk. Decided he would just make up his own form right then and there. >awkwardly grabs the bar with a rounded back and violently yanks it into the air
>collective hands reach out in concern
>the powelifter in the corner utters an audible "dude!"
>manlet fails and drops the weight on his leg somehow
>rolls out of it and kinda jumps up like he meant to do it
>slaps cheeks "ughh, knew that'd be a toughie"
>turns beet red
>gym just glad they didn't have to watch him die
>>36394519
Because they grip conventional with the bar too far into the palm they can't apply force directly up the wrist so thumb less puts the bar directly over the wrist so that they can directly apply force to the bar. Thumb less is a shoddy workaround to not gripping the bar across your base of your palm.
>>36396985
>>36388355
God ain't this the truth. Every wrestler was some weird smelly autistic kid. Very few were the alpha type.
>>36399558
>You really think refugees travel across the world, under the care of human smugglers (who do some pretty horrid things to them) with their families and only a pittance of their belongings; all the while thinking "Oh boy i'm excited to kill and rape those westerners
They literally pass through multiple safe countries (some even muslim) in order to reach western european countries because the welfare system their gives them more.
They then set up communities which become hostile to non Muslims in said countries and make zero effort to assimilate.
You must be sweedish if you're thus much of a rape-apologist cuck.
>>36399558
>Spot the cuck: the post
Yusif will take good care of your woman.
>>36398201
>The benefits outweigh the impacts.
Please elaborate.
>>36399792
Niggers can you take this shit to fucking tumblr and /pol/ respectively
>>36400878
TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE FAGGOTS
>>36398977
hhahahhahahaha.
>>36374221
Lmao the way you justify it to yourself. You're such a pussy
>>36394349
Man when I was 12 I benched 100lbs
You're weak as hell
>>36394349
Worrying about someone else when you are benching 60lbs...
>>36401948
you will amount to nothing in life
>>36402199
Learn to read you faggot. It ssys the KID was benching 60
>>36402310
Nevermind I'm retarded
>>36402310
>which is about what I bench
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>>36384254
>five years
>>36395664
underrated post
>>36395664
>doing dumbell tricep extensions
>gf pissing me off via text so started doing them faster
>drop dumbell on my neck behind me
I literally thought I was gonna be paralyzed
once I was really tired so I decided to go really low weight on my squats. I think I that loaded up like 2 pl8's and did a couple of squats and then stood there for a bit with the weight on my traps before I fell asleep for about 2 seconds. I just re-raced the weights and went home.
>>36385089
kek
called it >>36383861
>>36385801
I feel like you are an idiot, and 9/10 of the people who have died because of shit like this would agree that you are.
>>36396345
Instead Google, "how to enforce discipline on your children" and "how physical reprimandation is a natural use of discipline on children"
