Lifting Accident Montage

[gympunk]

Watch & be prepared to say "OUCH! That hurt!" out loud a few times.
I think the drop @ 1:40 looks rough!

[discdoggie]

The last guy looked like he had it. And then he just decided to faint or something.

[fitmom43]

That was just painful to watch!!!!

[Simpy]

I think I said, "Oh God!" about a million times while watching that. My 7 year old laughed repeatedly, though, and kept saying, "these people are stupid."

[hochspeyer]

That was a lot of pain packed into three minutes.

[dungeonmistress]

*OOF* *BAM* *ZOWIE*


Thought I'd throw some Batman in here - OMG I cringed throughout the montage. Damn.

[LisaSkinnoble]

I'm left with that icky adrenaline-charged anxiety I get when I watch scary movies.

[Whatanejit]

zomg! I will NOT be bench pressing on my own.. ever!!

[boathead]

why people lift heavy with a suicide grip is beyond me.

[NYkarate]

why people lift heavy with a suicide grip is beyond me.

I was looking to see if that was the grip used on all the bench presses. I don't think it was. I don't know why anyone would ever use it for any lift.

[V-240]

Ouch!

Ow.

OW!

Owie.

Ugh.

FFS!

OUCH!!!!!!!

[billrich210]

Damn! That was brutal!

[StressMonkey]

I lost track of how many times I cringed. I have never seen anything like the last clip.

[Brackneyc]

Had to stop watching after 1:40. I know this stuff happens. Seeing it does me no good.

[tmonkey]

Had to stop watching after 1:40. I know this stuff happens. Seeing it does me no good.

x2.

[ABJ]

The guy@ 1:40 had no business with that kind of weight. I LOLd at the last one. Great video. Repped.

[jb4476]

The last guy looked like he had it. And then he just decided to faint or something.

Most likely a blood choke, a really unfortunate and rare accident that only happens on cleans and front squats when the bar cuts off the carotid artery. I've had it happen before. It sucks.

[theyoungblood]

There is a reason why they call them a suicide bench press grip... Spotters failed several times.


Ouch.

[gympunk]

why people lift heavy with a suicide grip is beyond me.

Is that where you don't wrap your thumb around the front of the bar & just set the bar on
your palms??

[GuyJin]

Yeah, the suicide grip is not wrapping your thumb around the bar.

Odd thing is, on this video and others I've seen like it, about half the bench accidents involve using sucide grip; the other grip (thumb around bar) would seem safer yet it isn't. (No, I have no stats on who wraps and who doesn't, just what I've seen).

Anyway, unless it's a competitive meet, doing benches without a power rack and/or reliable spotters AND going above what you can safely do is just madness...

[drudixon]

Watch & be prepared to say "OUCH! That hurt!" out loud a few times.
I think the drop @ 1:40 looks rough!

OMG, what happened with the last dude????

[gympunk]

Yeah, the suicide grip is not wrapping your thumb around the bar.

Odd thing is, on this video and others I've seen like it, about half the bench accidents involve using sucide grip; the other grip (thumb around bar) would seem safer yet it isn't. (No, I have no stats on who wraps and who doesn't, just what I've seen).

Anyway, unless it's a competitive meet, doing benches without a power rack and/or reliable spotters AND going above what you can safely do is just madness...

Thanks, it also shows how useless spotters are if 1 isn't quick enuff. In the clip @ 1:40 the spotter basically dropped the bar on the guy-- I do under hand spotting, always keeping my hands underneath.

[damn y_all]

ow!

[KrohDaddi]

[J_MaSS]

WoW, thats just scary!