JUST FINISHED SAVING A GUY'S LIFE ON THE BENCH PRESS TODAY!!!

[Jr. Yates]

I think it's just what you have been doing the most of and how you leverage your body.  I was the same way till I stopped doing alot of incline work.  Everyone preaches that so all I did was incline, turns out I looked funny with alot of meat up top and sloppy down low, was really wierd.  Personally I find flat dumbells are the best for me all around!

I agree. I love dumbs only for chest.

[rocket]

I'd never seen this before but a few months back some kid was benching at my gym and he bit off more than he could chew.  He's of course at that point where failure is imminent (without a spotter) and both myself and my training partner are standing there as you do.. not really wanting to embarass the guy or spot him unnecessarily.  Quickly, it becomes obvious this is going to end in tears so we both dash for him.  Anyway, the kid takes the initiative and does something quite interesting.  As the bar is falling towards his head, he slips out from under the bar and lets it fall on the bench.  Quite a manouvre.

.. 2 minutes later he's benching the same weight, struggling the same and again with no spotter

[Farkenell]

There's heaps of young guys benching 225 ish for low half reps, real shonky reps too, no negative control, just waiting for something to snap. There's this one guy thats bigger than the average gym guy. Always does half reps and leaves the weights everywhere, he'll do dumbell presses and leave 4 pairs of em on the floor and just leave. He's always posing the the mirror, doing double bi's and side chests. Everyone hates him.

Squats are worse. They should play pro videos in the gym, set an example of how to lift.

[alexxx]

Went to the gym at 6 am this morning and the place was practically empty and there was some dude benching next to me by himself. I watched a few of his sets and he was repping 275x5 and looked like he could handle the weight himself. I usually work with about 315 for 5 reps and do 5 sets without the need of a training partner.

I look over after a set and I see the dude slapping 3 plates on each side and trying to psych himself up. I asked if he needed a spot and he said, "no, I got it, bro." I went back to my set and was finishing my third rep when I heard this gasping sound. I racked my weight and looked over and the guy looked like he was about to fucking pass out with the bar just inches from his head. I ran over and snatched the bar and the guy didn't say a word and walked away embarrassed without cleaning the barbell off. I guess he was trying to match my effort and failed miserably.

Anybody ever have a similar situation occur?

Discuss.....

Can't be adonis since that is too much weight for him to handle. I would guess bast but he can barelly do 225 pounds. So my final guess is that it was the Squadfather's pet mouse, Mars!

[Cleanest Natural]

i'll say it again having played pro sports myself and having a best friend that played in the nfl ...alpha males...better at anything then almost anyone...i'll take up your sport and beat u in 6 months more or less....not bragging just the facts....i asked the resident squash pro at my club to play with me once and he basically said that i wasn't good enough ...so a few months later i handed his ass in front of the people that knew him...and trash talked him all the way. he  played #2 for amherst and thought he was the shit....fuck...i went on to playing qualies for pro tournaments after a couple of years playing part time...my buddy eric (stocz) ..never touched a tennis raquet in his life and in half an hour he was able to hit the ball with me back and forth decently....we also use to compete in sprint drills, plyometrics...high jump....anything was a competition...even going out and picking up chicks...we played ono-on-one bball for 6 hours straight just to prove who's better...also we use to bet small amounts on anything...fun times filled with plenty of testosterone.