Benching Accident! Never NEVER Let This Happen To You

[Being_the_Don]

Today I was surfing youtube for benching videos and happened across this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJCDcAKShA&feature=related



Great scot! The fault lies mostly with the guy on the bench because he should have had a better grip on the bar. You can't always count on spotters to know what they're doing or to be paying attention. :nervous: Interestingly, I've decided to do all of my fbbp at the Power rack now, I got the idea after doing Power rack lockouts for bench press last week. Doing the fbbp on the Power rack makes the workouts a lot safer for me whether or not I have a spotter. Anyway, what happened to that dude in the video is some crazy stuff. When asking for a spot, make sure that it's someone who knows his way around a gym preferably a staffer/trainer.

 

[Twitch]

Yeah, I saw some guy drop his iron on his chest with the grip of death. He got hurt and I never saw him at the gym again.

Benching is still relatively safe so long as you don't use a false grip. If you are testing your 1RM use a spotter or two.

Plus very few can pull off a big bench with a false grip(say >405).

 

[CarlitosWay]

Today I was surfing youtube for benching videos and happened across this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJCDcAKShA&feature=related



Great scot! The fault lies mostly with the guy on the bench because he should have had a better grip on the bar. You can't always count on spotters to know what they're doing or to be paying attention. :nervous: Interestingly, I've decided to do all of my fbbp at the Power rack now, I got the idea after doing Power rack lockouts for bench press last week. Doing the fbbp on the Power rack makes the workouts a lot safer for me whether or not I have a spotter. Anyway, what happened to that dude in the video is some crazy stuff. When asking for a spot, make sure that it's someone who knows his way around a gym preferably a staffer/trainer.

It was the spotter and the lifters fault. Lifter clearly wasn't ready and the spotter did not lift off properly and bring the bar over to where the the bottom of the lifters chest lines up(nipple area). Even with out the suicide grip, I still imagine that bar would have came back on him cause of what I mentioned.

If I remember correctly, the guy had done this lift before for reps.

 

[Kerpal]

I think the bench press is the most dangerous exercise in the weight room. And most of the time it's because people are using a thumbless grip.

 

[j0n24]

I agree with kerpal..its not the spotters fault its the guy under the bar.

Going thumbless is idiotic for that reason right there.... we have thumbs so use them!

The spotter was not at fault at all.

 

[Being_the_Don]

It was the spotter and the lifters fault. Lifter clearly wasn't ready and the spotter did not lift off properly and bring the bar over to where the the bottom of the lifters chest lines up(nipple area). Even with out the suicide grip, I still imagine that bar would have came back on him cause of what I mentioned.

If I remember correctly, the guy had done this lift before for reps.

He didn't lift for reps, he was just setting up for the lift. The spotter wasn't holding the bar properly when he was helping the guy lift it from the rack. But the fault was mostly on the guy for a shoddy grip.

 

[Being_the_Don]

I agree with kerpal..its not the spotters fault its the guy under the bar.

Going thumbless is idiotic for that reason right there.... we have thumbs so use them!

The spotter was not at fault at all.

I agree with kerpal, too, the bench press is dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. I never use a thumbless grip. My hands are firmly secure on the bar before I even lift it off the rack. Most of the time I do shoulder width (or narrow grip depending on your terminology) and I always ALWAYS make sure that I have a firm grip before I lift and when I do ask for a spotter I make it a point of telling them the number of reps I'm going for AND that I'm the one who is going to lift it from the bar. And when I spot others I stay close by. But ultimately it's on the lifter.