Author Topic: bench press DISASTER (Read 5699 times)

figgs · « **on:** August 24, 2006, 04:46:19 PM »

Use your thumbs you dumbass.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/219722/bench_pressing_hurts/

alexxx · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2006, 04:48:28 PM »

LOL that was great!

davidpaul · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2006, 04:48:52 PM »

that was nasty.

Crusher · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2006, 04:49:57 PM »

Folded him up like a cheese omelet

Big N · « **Reply #4 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

sgt. d · « **Reply #5 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

Jr. Yates · « **Reply #6 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.

Harry R. M. Pitts · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2006, 05:17:48 PM »

ouch!!

Robbie · « **Reply #8 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.

HERACLES · « **Reply #9 on:** August 24, 2006, 05:51:24 PM »

Omg, I feel chest pain just watching that... $:-\$

gmflex · « **Reply #10 on:** August 24, 2006, 06:04:48 PM »

The guy didnt even get to spot him

Big N · « **Reply #11 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

rocket · « **Reply #12 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.

Croatch · « **Reply #13 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.

RJB · « **Reply #14 on:** August 24, 2006, 07:34:57 PM »

That guy is a complete idiot. He's lucky he's not dead.

andre_avigdor · « **Reply #15 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

Rimbaud · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2006, 08:22:01 PM »

WOW!

bic_staedtler · « **Reply #17 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?

Crusher · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2006, 08:35:35 PM »

no one can say it was all drugs!

rocket · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2006, 08:40:11 PM »

All drugs

K-1 · « **Reply #20 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!

bic_staedtler · « **Reply #21 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.

brianX · « **Reply #22 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.

dorkeroo · « **Reply #23 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 $:-\$

onlyme · « **Reply #24 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.