goddamn that was scary

[jesus 2]

today was squat day for my roommate and me. my roommate was working up in weight and was doing a set with 185. well, at the bottom of one of his reps, the weight on one side hit a pin at the lowest level and bounced the weight back (yes more of a bounce 'cause we got gay rubber coated weights). all i saw was my roommate squat down and from the bottom position fall completely back. he wasn't able to move because the bar was pinned between his back and the vertical bars at the front of the squat rack. it took a whole second or two before i grabbed the bar and picked it up off his back just because the event was totally unexpected. i was worried he would have messed up his back, but i guess the relatively light weight coupled with the fact he came down only from the bottom of the rep made it alright. he did smash his right hand though (it got pinned between the bar and the squat rack). some advil will take care of that though.

my squat day wasn't as great as i hoped it to be...mostly 'cause the weight i'm using is the most i've ever put on the bar to squat, so it just feels really heavy. i did a couple "sets" of rack-outs with weight greater than my work sets just to get used to holding heavier weight on my back. calves went pretty well though.


j2da2

 

[Tarheel]

Be careful in there dude.

One day I was squatting, got stuck way low, my spotter grabbed the bar and then I fell backwards and grabbed the pins. Well when I did this the pins slide out and he couldn't lower the weight untill i slide the pins back in

 

[ZGzaZ]

yea, pretty scary stuff...reminds me back in high school in a weight training class. There were two kids, one doing powercleans and one "spotting" him, well the kid doing cleans was doing a little too much, even though it was less than a hundred pounds...lol! but anyway, raised it, and at the same time lost his balance and fell backwards with the weight...the spotter who was looking in the other direction probably at some girls got knocked in the head with the weight and ended up needing stitches.

 

[WarriorPL]

should never spot someone like that squating... always keep your arms near their armpits and carry through each rep. Last thing you should do is grab the damn bar.
Glad to hear your friends okay.

 

[Fatty4You]

Any of you guys see that picture of Jean Pierre Fux and his squatting injury? It was crazy! He flat on the ground, with like 675 lbs behind him and his lower legs are like totally wrapped underneath him, as if his legs were made out of silly putty or something. Now, that is some serious squatting damage!!!

-Fatty

 

[DrBones]

Any of you guys see that picture of Jean Pierre Fux and his squatting injury? It was crazy! He flat on the ground, with like 675 lbs behind him and his lower legs are like totally wrapped underneath him, as if his legs were made out of silly putty or something. Now, that is some serious squatting damage!!!

Yea man! I saw that.... that was friggen discusting.... He looked like gumby..

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

sometimes when your knocked off balance or pinned under the weight-- your adrenaline kicks in & you can make the lift...

anyway-- Im glad your roomie was ok

 

[jesus 2]

should never spot someone like that squating... always keep your arms near their armpits and carry through each rep. Last thing you should do is grab the damn bar.
Glad to hear your friends okay.

tarheel and wiz, i wasn't even spotting. it shouldn't have even been necessary. the only reason he fell was 'cause he hit the lower pin with one side of the weights. i was standing near the rack, but never expected it to happen. once it did happen, he was sitting on the floor with his legs straight out and the bar was on his back pinned there by the vertical supports on the front of the squat rack. so the bar was near waiste height and i just picked it up off his back.

when it first happened, i was thinking oh shit, his back! at least he isn't seriously injured so much that he can't train!

 

[louden_swain]

Scary incident. . . .good think it wasn't 225lbs or 315lbs!!

 

[JOKER47]

Be careful in there dude.

One day I was squatting, got stuck way low, my spotter grabbed the bar and then I fell backwards and grabbed the pins. Well when I did this the pins slide out and he couldn't lower the weight untill i slide the pins back in

That sounds shitty.

Pretty impressive though, if you were squatting 405lbs, and your spotter stood there holding that while you stuck the pins back in........

Joker