Does this piss anyone else off?

[solidj55]

I was at they gym Monday doing some semi-heavy bench to prepare for my meet in September. My lifting partner was not able to come so I had this guy to give me a spot. I am a "head-case" when it comes to someone touching the bar at all during the lift unless I say "I cant get it" or "pull the motherfucker off" Well my weak point is at the bottom of my lift and sometimes it will look like I stall but my tris are strong enough to push it out usally(when I have a Bench Press Shirt on you cant even tell because its takes out my sticking point ). Anyway this damn guy insisted on sticking his hands under the bar. And I would have to keep telling him, as Im straining I might add, that I had it or dont touch it. He would move away but as I went for another rep he would put his hands near it again. He only touched the bar twice but both times I had told him mid-rep not too, and of course he did anyway. It fucked up my whole damn workout. I was so mad I felt like I was cheated out of those reps because of him. Sorry for my ranting and raveing but I cant help it. Does anyone else get this damn mad?

 

[The mann]

shit yea brother,by the way how ya' been??so you used the shirt monday?

 

[PowFit]

I feel your pain, bro. A typical putz in the gym has no idea what the hell they are doing when it comes to spotting a powerlifter. I learned a long time ago to be very specific when asking someone for a spot. I tell them give me a light lift off and get back. If I need help I WILL ASK FOR IT! So stay back. You have to be crystal clear to the jerk off bicep man that thinks he knows everything.

To me, as soon as someone touches the bar the rep does not count even if the idiot says. "I didn't pull at all". I have been known to yell at someone mid bench for coming close to the bar. If I am going heavy and someone touches the damn thing before I ask I am flipping out before the bar is off my chest. Just be clear with them.

Unless you don't have any option don't ask Joe Schmuck the BB to spot you. They will screw up your bench like they did you or do the "One more rep!" crap. And you will probably die squatting heavy. When I was in collage a guy about got strangled by a powerlifter for that. It was hilarious afterwards. The lifter ended up not getting hurt, but he crashed with the weight and the dude spotting him is still googly eyeing himself in the mirror not know WTF happened.

 

[bubba2k]

It's all you man

I have had people run across the room trying to "help" me when I am doing pause squats. ANd I was counting out LOUD. I mean I would be practically yelling one thousand one, one thousand two, etc.

 

[chuck48]

There are these guys at my gym that spot each other on the bench. They lift the bar off and then keep their hands there the whole way down and the whole way up. Last week one of them wasn't there and his partner asked me for a spot. Needless to say the guy had the "worst" bench day of his life. Fuckin poser. They are just there to impress the girlies

 

[blood_drinker]

bro that pisses me off so much ! No one knows how to spot ! It seems the spotter is lifting more weight than I am when he gives that big pull before I even ask him to! they don't even wait for your call, they simply stick their smooth hands on the bar and pull. I am being threatened to being kicked out of the gym for not adhering to safety regulations , such as not asking for a spotter and getting pissed unnecessarily. When a workout is wasted and you have been cheated, a whole week was wasted and you could be benching more than you did last time. Definetely something to be pissed about IMO. it's all about overloading your chest - not someone else lifting the bar for ya !

 

[zen42]

I don't like having strangers spot me for these reasons. Sometimes its unavoidable.

The problem is everybody wants to be spotted differently, like the hosers who do the two-man row/bench press. The spotter can't read my mind (thankfully) on how I want to be spotted..

When I'm working with somebody new, I'm crystal clear in what I want/expect before I start. The same goes when I'm asked to spot, it never ceases to amaze me how many guys don't offer any information on how they want to be spotted. Those aren't the ones to ask for a spot later.

Chuck48, I do the same thing

Zen

 

[PowFit]

The 2 man benchers are hilarious! They are the first ones to brag about how much the can bench too.

What is worst than them spotting you is when they ask you for a spot on 350 after you did deads and your back is all clamped up. You have to straight leg dead the WHOLE DAMN THING! And then they say, "One more".

 

[bubba2k]

I almost never use a spotter. Actually I feel safer this way. Unless I absolutely know the guy and he knows what I expect. I think the last spot I used on bench day was towards the end of last year. And it was just a guy giving me the competition signals more so than spotting me.

I usually train at home now and have not had problems. I've got a solid power rack and that is all the spotter I need or want.

 

[PowFit]

I hardly use a spotter either, but when I start getting a little heavier it is hard to stay in competition form and lift off. If I can't get a good lift off my form suffers. Sucks. I wish there was a gym out here where people do not look at you like an alien when you have a bench shirt on. One of these days there will be.