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Title: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: noeasywayout on March 18, 2012, 08:27:08 AM
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Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: Coach is Back! on March 18, 2012, 09:20:43 AM
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They didn't want the rubber plates hitting the rubber floor.
Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: oldtimer1 on March 18, 2012, 09:48:54 AM
That is the craziest thing I have ever seen.  I can see some serious injuries in the future and I don't have a crystal ball.
Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: Overload on March 18, 2012, 10:02:01 AM
Wow, that's dangerous.

I like the Dimas poster in the background.

That is one strong dude.




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Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: WOOO on March 18, 2012, 11:42:19 AM
this is incredibly stupid

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Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: BB on March 18, 2012, 01:13:49 PM
Ha, you usually never see this, but they still do it in a few Asian countries. Most of the time, you just let the bar go, and the judges know to duck and cover if it looks like a dangerous loss. I once saw a picture series of a Ken Patera loss in the old metal plate era of 400lbs + where the bar almost went into the crowd.

You'll also see the spotted Olympic lifts at a lot of smaller high schools and colleges. The worst I saw was a 3 position spot on the Clean and Jerk. You had the 2 side spotters, but then you had a middle that would run in, and help them lower a missed clean or jerk from the middle of the bar. Really strange to watch.

Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: MB on March 18, 2012, 02:04:16 PM
I can see having spotters to stop a rolling bar, but these two were trying to catch the bar on the way down.  Totally stupid. 
Title: Re: Olympic lifting spotters (what?!)
Post by: purenaturalstrength on March 18, 2012, 02:11:11 PM
145kg clean and jerk at 62kg bw  :o