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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #25 on: July 21, 2023, 05:05:03 PM »
Ouch
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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2023, 05:11:02 PM »
For me, use light weight for reps and stay in the rack with safeties set.  I never did squat heavy and always used  a proper rack.

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2023, 05:40:51 PM »
Would have to put focus on that single useless spotter from his position of behind the gentleman squatting.. . He was part of the problem, for he tend to get in the way of what may have been a possible better exit path for the squatter when the exercise started to go bad. Now hind sight of course, the squatter is dead.

  Having two spotters, one on each side, would have been a safer method, if having any spotters at all. Though the gentleman squatting appeared crushed by that weight in that extreme low position, spotters or not. (?can't tell by the video if there might have been spotter on each side?) 

Could say the same for heavier benches and the uselessness of one guy spotting from the rear....madness of course.
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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2023, 01:11:07 AM »
He would have been fine w/ the correct setup as well... Total fail by this goofball...
True, but lifting that heavy greatly increases the likelihood of some future accident like what happened.

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2023, 10:10:32 AM »
True, but lifting that heavy greatly increases the likelihood of some future accident like what happened.

People need to know their limits.
I never squatted over 5-plates in my life, nor do I ever intend to try...

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #30 on: July 23, 2023, 12:34:03 AM »
People need to know their limits.
I never squatted over 5-plates in my life, nor do I ever intend to try...
I never did either but that was because I wasn't strong enough. :-[

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #31 on: July 23, 2023, 01:53:25 AM »
Guy went to Snap City  :-\

Wasnt even that much weight tbh. Its all relative i guess

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #32 on: July 23, 2023, 05:58:23 AM »
This is a freak accident, I think the first of its kind?  Yes the spotter probably contributed to the outcome and the lack of safety stops was a fatal error but plenty of people have failed in this manner and walked away.  Bench press is still far more dangerous

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2023, 06:40:04 AM »
I don’t like watching shit like that, so can someone post how much weight he was trying to squat?

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #34 on: July 23, 2023, 06:59:09 AM »
I don’t like watching shit like that, so can someone post how much weight he was trying to squat?

3 red plates + 1 blue plate per side, plus the bar so 215kg or 210kg depending on how much the bar weighs … 460-465lbs

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #35 on: July 23, 2023, 08:21:48 AM »

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2023, 09:09:30 AM »
This is a freak accident, I think the first of its kind?  Yes the spotter probably contributed to the outcome and the lack of safety stops was a fatal error but plenty of people have failed in this manner and walked away.  Bench press is still far more dangerous

Up right rows and standing strict bar curl is even more dangerous

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2023, 10:53:34 AM »
So, it was what? 400 lbs or thereabouts?

Shit..... guys in their late teens in my gym go pretty close to that all the time. For 3 and 4 fairly "easy" reps.

You'd never think that you would die going to the gym. Maybe that's why his set up was so lax?

I can't watch it. But from the still photo I saw it does look pretty high up on his neck.

I'm not much of a squatter.  I do front squats with 135 for 4, 5 sets of 15 to 20 reps. Quads still grow and it's fairly safe. Plus it seems like it's great cardio. Totally wipes me out.

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #38 on: July 23, 2023, 10:58:39 AM »
Why don't some people use safety bars when they squat? It just seems so stupid, especially when you are attempting a PR like this...

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #39 on: July 24, 2023, 12:12:53 AM »
Up right rows and standing strict bar curl is even more dangerous
Yeah, you could drop the weight on your feet. Won't cripple or kill you but sure will hurt.

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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #40 on: July 24, 2023, 12:36:02 AM »
So, it was what? 400 lbs or thereabouts?

Shit..... guys in their late teens in my gym go pretty close to that all the time. For 3 and 4 fairly "easy" reps.

You'd never think that you would die going to the gym. Maybe that's why his set up was so lax?

I can't watch it. But from the still photo I saw it does look pretty high up on his neck.

I'm not much of a squatter.  I do front squats with 135 for 4, 5 sets of 15 to 20 reps. Quads still grow and it's fairly safe. Plus it seems like it's great cardio. Totally wipes me out.

Yes, just about every gym is filled with teens and late teens doing 405 on squats parallel with ease……….


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Re: Man snaps his neck squatting
« Reply #41 on: July 24, 2023, 12:38:57 AM »
Why don't some people use safety bars when they squat? It just seems so stupid, especially when you are attempting a PR like this...

Safe to say he won’t be doing an PR’s anytime soon