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Title: bench press DISASTER
Post by: figgs on August 24, 2006, 04:46:19 PM
Use your thumbs you dumbass.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/219722/bench_pressing_hurts/
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: alexxx on August 24, 2006, 04:48:28 PM
LOL that was great!
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: davidpaul on August 24, 2006, 04:48:52 PM
that was nasty.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Crusher on August 24, 2006, 04:49:57 PM
Folded him up like a cheese omelet
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Big N on August 24, 2006, 04:58:57 PM
Rule number 1, if the set fucks up in the beginning when you go heavy YOU MAKE SURE THE SPOTTER IS AWAKE FOR THE 2nd TRY
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: sgt. d on August 24, 2006, 05:10:58 PM
Quote from: Crusher on August 24, 2006, 04:49:57 PM
Folded him up like a cheese omelet

lol
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Jr. Yates on August 24, 2006, 05:12:46 PM
Quote from: Crusher on August 24, 2006, 04:49:57 PM
Folded him up like a cheese omelet
ahah! poor guy.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Harry R. M. Pitts on August 24, 2006, 05:17:48 PM
ouch!! :o
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Robbie on August 24, 2006, 05:49:34 PM
Sickening!

The bar dropped immediately. Surely he would have known when he lifted the bar off the first time that he had nothing in the tank  ???

Cameras were rolling though, he had to go through with it. Monster crushing (excuse the pun) of the ego.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: HERACLES on August 24, 2006, 05:51:24 PM
Omg, I feel chest pain just watching that... :-\
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: gmflex on August 24, 2006, 06:04:48 PM
The guy didnt even get to spot him ;D
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Big N on August 24, 2006, 06:44:12 PM
Quote from: HERACLES on August 24, 2006, 05:51:24 PM
Omg, I feel chest pain just watching that... :-\

Are you shooting for 240lbs for this years off season bro? If you are man you really motivating my azz to get up to 220lbs or something. If that's what you're shooting for according to your avatar
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: rocket on August 24, 2006, 06:48:35 PM
Quote from: Robbie on August 24, 2006, 05:49:34 PM
Sickening!

The bar dropped immediately. Surely he would have known when he lifted the bar off the first time that he had nothing in the tank  ???

Cameras were rolling though, he had to go through with it. Monster crushing (excuse the pun) of the ego.

The bar fell off because he neglected to use his thumbs.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Croatch on August 24, 2006, 07:31:24 PM
Here's some advice:
1. Use your thumbs to grip the bar.  This will keep the bar from rolling on to your chest.
2. Be able to bench 225lbs, before attempting 295lbs.
3. Don't let go of the bar.
4. Stop going to the gym, you may permanently hurt yourself or someone around you.
5. Oh, I'm natural by the way.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: RJB on August 24, 2006, 07:34:57 PM
That guy is a complete idiot. He's lucky he's not dead.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: andre_avigdor on August 24, 2006, 08:16:38 PM
Quote from: Croatch on August 24, 2006, 07:31:24 PM
Here's some advice:
1. Use your thumbs to grip the bar.  This will keep the bar from rolling on to your chest.
2. Be able to bench 225lbs, before attempting 295lbs.
3. Don't let go of the bar.
4. Stop going to the gym, you may permanently hurt yourself or someone around you.
5. Oh, I'm natural by the way.

made me laugh out loud
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Rimbaud on August 24, 2006, 08:22:01 PM
:o WOW!  :o
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: bic_staedtler on August 24, 2006, 08:30:35 PM
...I've NEVER seen something like that in the gym, I don't see how that guy would have survived without SERIOUS injury.

Now, that spotter couldn't have helped much either...that bar just DROPPED...where the hell did it bounce, his neck, sternum? 
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Crusher on August 24, 2006, 08:35:35 PM
no one can say it was all drugs!
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: rocket on August 24, 2006, 08:40:11 PM
All drugs
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: K-1 on August 24, 2006, 08:52:57 PM
Those weights humbled his a$$!
 ;)

RESPECT ME BI*CH!!!


Coach's Technique Checklist
Correct technique is very important when using weights, if you wish to avoid injury.

-Bar loaded evenly, collars in place and secure
-Spotter knows the command when to assist the athlete
-Athlete lies on bench, eyes under bar
-Hands placed evenly on bar
-Grip firm and slightly wider than shoulder width
-Thumbs around bar, wrists locked

..no need to go on here!

 
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: bic_staedtler on August 24, 2006, 08:56:07 PM
...dudes, thumbs around the bar wouldn't have helped here...he didn't 'let go' of the bar, his elbows buckled!

He just had no business lifting that weight, plain and simple.  Accidents happen, and that's what this was.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: brianX on August 24, 2006, 09:38:37 PM
Big deal. The guy just got a few bruises. Lots of people use a suicide grip without ever dropping the bar.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: dorkeroo on August 24, 2006, 09:40:54 PM
I was spotting a buddy of mine when something similar happened. It was 295 like in the video and he had pumped it up at least 4 times, then, all of a sudden his hands came up without the bar. I couldn't believe it. Needless to say, I bent over and yanked it off of him once I realized it happened. Believe me, those kinds of things happen in the blink of an eye, and I had been lifting at least 5 years when it happened and I had never seen anything like it before. I hope the guy in the vid is ok  :-\
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: onlyme on August 24, 2006, 09:45:27 PM
I have never used my thumbs when benching.  I wouldn't even begin to do it.  I have never come close to dumping the bar since I started lifting in 1973.  But, in my mind do you honestly think your thumbs are going to support that weight if it is rolling forward.  Thumbless defintiely takes practice if your are not used to it.  But it is second nature with me don't know any other way.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: BabyBallsMcgee on August 24, 2006, 10:24:01 PM
I am the exact same way Onlyme... I perform ALL exercises thumbless, it's just natural to do since I was taught that way.

The reason why it fell was simply because it was too much weight.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Bast175 on August 24, 2006, 10:25:14 PM
That guy looked like 135 would be too much for him.  That was probably his first time benching and he had no idea.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Fury on August 24, 2006, 10:36:20 PM
Quote from: Bast175 on August 24, 2006, 10:25:14 PM
That guy looked like 135 would be too much for him.  That was probably his first time benching and he had no idea.

If you read the comments, the guy in the video actually posts. Says that it just bruised his chest and that he has done 340 before. Don't know how much truth that holds though....
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: gordiano on August 24, 2006, 10:44:22 PM
Quote from: BerzerkFury on August 24, 2006, 10:36:20 PM
If you read the comments, the guy in the video actually posts. Says that it just bruised his chest and that he has done 340 before. Don't know how much truth that holds though....

Bullshit.

Poor attempt at saving some face. No fucking way he's done 340 lbs.

Fucking idiot. Check your ego at the door.

Had a guy do something similar at my gym a couple weeks ago. But while squatting......his legs just buckled...I just laughed. Idiot was struggling with 205 for partials, so what does this smart person do? He adds more weight to it....... ::)
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: figgs on August 24, 2006, 11:06:34 PM
Quote from: gordiano on August 24, 2006, 10:44:22 PM
Bullshit.

Poor attempt at saving some face. No fucking way he's done 340 lbs.

Fucking idiot. Check your ego at the door.

Had a guy do something similar at my gym a couple weeks ago. But while squatting......his legs just buckled...I just laughed. Idiot was struggling with 205 for partials, so what does this smart person do? He adds more weight to it....... ::)

LOL that doesn't make for a very motivational training environment.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: bic_staedtler on August 25, 2006, 01:37:52 AM
I've read all sorts of stuff on the thumb grip enhancing your grip strength, and so on and I was using it for years...it also ensures using a correct form where your wrists aren't bent backwards, potentially damaging.  But when you're pushing a huge amount of weight it's not so much your wrists you gotta worry about.  I find the thumbless grip way more comfortable...
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: onlyme on August 25, 2006, 02:59:31 AM
Quote from: BabyBallsMcgee on August 24, 2006, 10:24:01 PM
I am the exact same way Onlyme... I perform ALL exercises thumbless, it's just natural to do since I was taught that way.

The reason why it fell was simply because it was too much weight.

Yep thumb or no thumb means nothing in this case. That was simply too much weight for that guy.  Jsut like when Ryclak(?) tried to bench 1005 or whatever and he dumped it.  He had a thumb grip.  Just no way will your thumbs hold that much weight.  If the weight is to heavy and it starts to roll I don't care how many thumbs you have on it, you won't be able to stop from dropping it.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: sarcasm on August 25, 2006, 11:10:35 AM
Quote from: Croatch on August 24, 2006, 07:31:24 PM
Here's some advice:
1. Use your thumbs to grip the bar.  This will keep the bar from rolling on to your chest.
2. Be able to bench 225lbs, before attempting 295lbs.
3. Don't let go of the bar.
4. Stop going to the gym, you may permanently hurt yourself or someone around you.
5. Oh, I'm natural by the way.
hahahaha, good stuff.
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: Billy Knockout! on August 25, 2006, 12:55:39 PM
That guy's lucky his wind pipe's not fuckin' crushed! Too much weight!
Title: Re: bench press DISASTER
Post by: hangclean on August 25, 2006, 02:23:00 PM
Thats why they call it the suicide grip.