Video of Nasty Weight lifting accident.

[Phreezer]

This guy's spotters really sucked!!!

http://www.consumptionjunction.com/content/detail.asp?ID=36625

 

[Kayz]

I saw that happen to my friend one day in the gym. He benches over 500lbs and was warming up with 315....so he didnt' need a spot. But, he is one of those guys whom even when he is lifting heavy, he will not wrap his thumbs around the bar..he just rests it on the heel of his hand.

I am doing lat pulldowns and I hear a weird sound and people start yelling. I ran over there to see if he was okay...luckily he was. But I tell you what, that motherfucker wraps his thumbs around the bar even if he is doing 135. LOL.

 

[FearMy6Pak]

I always worried about that... i will definetally keep my thumbs were they belong

 

[Turf Toes]

Jesus!!! His spotters look like they are 100 pounds each with some tight ass jeans on. With that kind of weight ya better get guys who weigh at least a fraction of the weight you are handling.

 

[buck]

That just had to hurt.

 

[Southernjuice]

OUCH! It does'nt take alot of weight at full arms lenght to cause some damage....I dropped 275lbs on my ribcage and broke one rib in 2 places about 2 years ago and yes......I use thumb around the bar all the time now. I was warming up and going up too fast with too much force and it jumped outta my grip.

 

[KTCKSports]

To a lesser extreme earlier this week I was going to grab some water and this guy who was maybe 19 was benching 120 and was stuck with the weight on top of him. I ran over and lifted the weight up. I would estimate I have personally seen this type of episode happen around once per year while I am working out.

 

[dug]

i always curl my thumb under the bar, i now am ALWAYS going to grip it correctly, thumb under the bar

 

[thick]

the spotters even struggled to get the weight up. We all need to see eyeopeners like that

 

[Quasimoto]

This guy's spotters really sucked!!!

http://www.consumptionjunction.com/content/detail.asp?ID=36625

I always false grip Bench press , and i have for yrs. When i have my daytime nightmares, thats what i imagine but it never happens. Kinda different seeing it though....damn.

 

[G-Head]

Tore my pec on a 455 incline in my gym ('97) and was damn lucky my spotter yanked it off of me. (I was 3/4 way up.)

That shit however, is downright scary.

 

[Kal-El]

Damn, that hurts just looking at it. I always use a false grip when I bench or incline, and that is one of my biggest fears.

That guy didn't have any chance with spotters like that. I wouldn't trust those guys to spot me on my warm up sets.