Have you ever seen anyone injure themselves in the gym?

[Stark]

i saw a kids wrist give out or something while he was doing incline DB press...The weight fell on his mouth..knocked 2 front teeth out and busted his lip

biggest fear, there is just nothing you can do, if your wrist give up the weight comes down.

[Rami]

I've seen guys induce micro trauma in their muscle fibres while lifting weights.

Sounds like a successfull workout.

[Lifter4Life]

Hahahaha....crazy aussies.

LMAO

[aussiepro]

a while back when i used to work at another gym, a member and his trainer were training, anyway they were doing chest press it obviously got too heavy and the member coulnd't handle it anymore and dislocated his shoulder... he tried sueing the trainer but couldn't prove that it was his fault so he got away with not paying anything...

[James Dalton]

Dude I have more than I can remember, I worked at a gym all thru college:

We had a father/son dynamic duo; the dad would push the kid so hard it was actually sad.  Poor kid would get his ass handed to him for 2-3 hours after school while his fat ass dad tried to relive his glory years thru his son.  Anyway....the injuries:

-Dad was making the kid deadlift 450lbs (the kid was only 15-16 years old, but strong kid, looked like he was 25) kid tries to get it and missed, tried again and missed, tried a third time, misses and stands up.  About two seconds later he just falls straight back and smacks the shit out of his head on a weight tree.  Needless to say he was taken away in an ambulance.  We talked to the dad, but he didn't care.  No shit - his response was 'if he'd of breathed he wouldn’t of passed out'.

- Dad was making the kid squat 405.  The kid asked his dad if he could try it next week b/c he knew he wouldn’t' get it.  Kid goes down and falls forward, luckily the bar rolls over his head literally about 2 inches from landing and breaking the poor fu*kers neck.

-Jackass kid was going for 'Max Barbell Curls' with his buddies, tears his bicep.

I have so many more it's not even funny.  Now that I look back I think like 50% of the members were retarded.

[DK II]

Dude I have more than I can remember, I worked at a gym all thru college:

We had a father/son dynamic duo; the dad would push the kid so hard it was actually sad.  Poor kid would get his ass handed to him for 2-3 hours after school while his fat ass dad tried to relive his glory years thru his son.  Anyway....the injuries:

-Dad was making the kid deadlift 450lbs (the kid was only 15-16 years old, but strong kid, looked like he was 25) kid tries to get it and missed, tried again and missed, tried a third time, misses and stands up.  About two seconds later he just falls straight back and smacks the shit out of his head on a weight tree.  Needless to say he was taken away in an ambulance.  We talked to the dad, but he didn't care.  No shit - his response was 'if he'd of breathed he wouldn’t of passed out'.

- Dad was making the kid squat 405.  The kid asked his dad if he could try it next week b/c he knew he wouldn’t' get it.  Kid goes down and falls forward, luckily the bar rolls over his head literally about 2 inches from landing and breaking the poor fu*kers neck.

-Jackass kid was going for 'Max Barbell Curls' with his buddies, tears his bicep.

I have so many more it's not even funny.  Now that I look back I think like 50% of the members were retarded.

This is the typical "Son beats father to mush with a baseball bat" story in the making. All the neighbors will say "He was such a good boy, strange how that could happen".

[James Dalton]

No doubt dude...it was pretty sad. 

I'm all about having kids exercise and stay active, but dude was only 16 years old and his dad is pissed b/c he can't get 450 deadlift?   Get a grip.

[busyB]

George Farhah (sp?), the pro, was training at my gym for a while a few years ago.

Did not see it happen, but he was doing tricep over head extensions and the cable snapped, bar came back and cracked his skull. Had staples put in his head, not stitches, STAPLES! Took a pic after and saved it on his cell phone. Was talking about suing the gym but never heard anything about it after that...

Dude gets shot, gym equipment busting his head, maybe he is invincible!

[DK II]

George Farhah (sp?), the pro, was training at my gym for a while a few years ago.

Did not see it happen, but he was doing tricep over head extensions and the cable snapped, bar came back and cracked his skull. Had staples put in his head, not stitches, STAPLES! Took a pic after and saved it on his cell phone. Was talking about suing the gym but never heard anything about it after that...

Dude gets shot, gym equipment busting his head, maybe he is invincible!

Your story was average, but the avatar rules!!

Isn't that from the movie Caddyshack??

[busyB]

Your story was average, but the avatar rules!!

Isn't that from the movie Caddyshack??

At least you didn't fail me 

Yes, the great Gopher from Caddyshack!

[DK II]

At least you didn't fail me 

Yes, the great Gopher from Caddyshack!

i loved that movie when i was a kid. 

[Zach Trowbridge]

Watched a guy at a gym a few years ago do calf raises on a leg press, but he had unracked the safety spots.  Few reps in, his toes start to slide off, and he doesn't take the time to readjust them.  Sure enough, sled comes flying down and leaves the guy with his knees behind his head and a couple hundred pounds landed smack on his ass.

[Bluto]

ouch! 

[DK II]

Watched a guy at a gym a few years ago do calf raises on a leg press, but he had unracked the safety spots.  Few reps in, his toes start to slide off, and he doesn't take the time to readjust them.  Sure enough, sled comes flying down and leaves the guy with his knees behind his head and a couple hundred pounds landed smack on his ass.

eeeeeewwwwww!

Did he get up?

[Gym dude]

The other day a guy a the gym that work at dislocated his shoulder while doing bench press.

[Quickerblade]

[Bluto]

bump

a thread like this is always good for a few laughs.

seen anyone injure themselves lately ? unfortunately i havent 

[Epic_Monster]

if so what did they do 

I saw a guy leaning all cool like on a barbell rack, you know the pose 1 arm fully extended the other flexing as he turns up his can of Amp, legs crossed. Well his hand slipped and he and the rack came crashing to the floor. The best part is how quick he recovered.