I’ve never had any real accidents, but I’ve been close to fainting a lot of times. I lift very heavy, so I guess I should expect to really faint someday.
[quote]Ty Carlson wrote:
[quote]dyeguy1212 wrote:
[quote]Tatsu wrote:
I felt like an harmonica… [/quote]
Ummm… how?
I think you’re thinking of an accordion
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Maybe some dude was blowing him…[/quote]
Hahaha
Well played, good sir.
I did post in the other thread (I think it was changed or something) about my brother dropping four hundred and something pounds during the back squat…that was risky. Totally knocked his confidence lol.
I don’t think there should be such a thing as using too much - it’s often just a case of form breaking down, not necessarily “too heavy” a weight. My brother was 4 or 5 sets away from reaching his max, but it just so happened that for a split second while working up, he lost focus/tension (which caused him to loose balance and drop the weight).
It often just boils down to experience/mental focus. Getting “aggressive” really helps focus.
[quote]silkyhorse wrote:
[quote]D Public wrote:
let me preface this by saying…I’m really stubborn, and I’m an idiot…
literally one of the first days that i started lifting(16yrs old) I was doing squats and I loaded the bar to 315 and I squatted it but i was about 4 inches from parallel, so i tried again and I got buried…I was training alone and at home with no catches, so I just dropped the bar off my back and it slammed into the floor…
I’ve had to roll a shitload of 200-225lb benches off of me…
after I severely injured my back deadlifting…I just strapped a belt tighter and lifted 60lbs more only to cause more damage…
none of that necessary and completely stupid…but, i’ve learned how to become a lot more disciplined and focused now, and I would never do such things again as they have harmed my progress…technique is everything[/quote]
Sounds like that would damage your growth, no? How tall are you now?[/quote]
i was already 6’2" at 16, and I’m the same height now. The squat didn’t hurt me since I dropped it. I actually went on to squat 405x3 before i turned 17 that year. The back injury from deadlifting really screwed up my training for a year, and I was using weights that I never even used when I was beginner for awhile. I’m just coming back from that injury…deadlift is perfectly safe when executed correctly, but I was just using terrible form to get the weight up…
Failing should not be embarrassing.
[quote]Ritter wrote:
Failing should not be embarrassing.[/quote]
…unless it’s with 175lbs and a bunch of good looking women are watching…
Curious. Do you guys dump the bar backward or lean forward to dump it on the back squat when your squatting in a rack?
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Curious. Do you guys dump the bar backward or lean forward to dump it on the back squat when your squatting in a rack?[/quote]
I don’t dump it but I don’t lean forward…I keep my back straight and just go down with it. It works for me because my torso is fairly short
Ah, accidents and failures. Some of my highlights-
*Dumping a bar overhead midway up on the 20th rep of a 20 repper squat set, passing out and clipping the edge of the plates with my head on the way down. This is when I realized it might be a good idea to buy a rack
*Tearing a callus and bleeding all over the bar
*Spectacular bruises on my knees and shoulders from getting a lil’ overenthusiastic with seated DB presses
*Squashing my balls on a box squat
Et cetera, et cetera…
I’ve failed on many squats and many bench presses and bailed on many DB presses.
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At my gym we don’t have squat rack per se, but we do have a shoulder press cage that can be easily turned into a squat rack. Pretty much makes sure you don’t lean forward…
Well I was squating outside this cage once and got down a little too deep with a little too much weight a little too deep into the set and couldn’t get it up. It just rolled down my back. Sore for a few days. Helps that I’m only 5’5’ so in a deep squat the bar don’t have to roll down too far! -
I have a bench with adjustable rails. You can set it up so that if you fail you bring it down to the rails and hopefully you have a big enough chest so that you can just turn and inch yourself out of it. Those with flat chests need not apply. I’ve rolled many a bench down and off my stomach.
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I’ve thrown DBs half way across the room. That’s what the rubber coating and floors are for!
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Failing on leg presses is no fun. Better hope it’s your last set or you may take 20 minutes to unload that shit!
I think sometimes at some point in your set you know you’re going to fail. You’re just going to keep going until you can’t go anymore. This is easy to do on presses. Not alot of deals you have to make with yourself to do that. With squats and leg presses it’s a bit more complicated.
[quote]the_raw wrote:
Well today I decided to face my fears and squat about 45lb heavier than usual, with a belt. I did 6 reps of about 300lb and had a good sensation. I had a little break but obviously it wasn’t long enough.
My plan was to do one deep squat with the same weight, so I squatted down, but must have gone too far because the bar kept falling and my mate who is new to bodybuilding wasn’t even watching so it crashed down on the catchers, quite embarrassing, I looked like a total noob trying to “show off” but I was actually trying to take it up a step. Has anybody else ever done this?[/quote]
Sounds like your regular squats (300 for 6) were really shallow. If you were doing whatever depth for six then get buried by the same weight trying to do a single full squat.
[quote]LUEshi wrote:
*Tearing a callus and bleeding all over the bar
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That’s not an accident, that’s expected. That happened to me during a deadlift before, looked bad-ass until I had to stop my workout to disinfect and wrap it up.
Intravenous chalk is not a good idea, stings like a bitch too (Before the cleaning soolution too, the combo was deadly)
I missed racking the bar after squats one time and the bar went crashing to the ground. I was to scared to think about how embarrased I was until after a guy ran from across the gym to see if I was ok. Then I pretended to be a little injured so I would only seem like a little bit of an ass (didn’t work I’m a total ass).
On Monday I was doing suspended Gm’s when on of the clips broke, letting the chain fall out of the clip…as I was dropping the weight down, I was getting out from under the bar when it hit me in the back of the head.
Had a nasty goose bump, but a PR
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Curious. Do you guys dump the bar backward or lean forward to dump it on the back squat when your squatting in a rack?[/quote]
I take as many “baby” steps forwards towards the pins, then when I’m as close as possible, I lean slightly forward and rack it. I try not to step too far back from the pins at the beginning when un-racking the bar. I couldn’t even imagine how risky/difficult it would be racking the bar behind…
Why, what do you do?
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Curious. Do you guys dump the bar backward or lean forward to dump it on the back squat when your squatting in a rack?[/quote]
I take as many “baby” steps forwards towards the pins, then when I’m as close as possible, I lean slightly forward and rack it. I try not to step too far back from the pins at the beginning when un-racking the bar. I couldn’t even imagine how risky/difficult it would be racking the bar behind…
Why, what do you do?[/quote]
That is maybe the worst advice I’ve ever heard.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Curious. Do you guys dump the bar backward or lean forward to dump it on the back squat when your squatting in a rack?[/quote]
I take as many “baby” steps forwards towards the pins, then when I’m as close as possible, I lean slightly forward and rack it. I try not to step too far back from the pins at the beginning when un-racking the bar. I couldn’t even imagine how risky/difficult it would be racking the bar behind…
Why, what do you do?[/quote]
That is maybe the worst advice I’ve ever heard.[/quote]
Haha, please enlighten me? The reason why I never give lifting technique advice…
Maybe I should have made it clearer:
don’t try this at home ‘kids’
I guess the reason why I have to lean forward (not ideal) is because there’s a bar going across the floor where I rack the pins…so I’d have to step onto it to rack it. I think I’ll figure a better set up before I end up killing myself haha
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
Curious. Do you guys dump the bar backward or lean forward to dump it on the back squat when your squatting in a rack?[/quote]
I take as many “baby” steps forwards towards the pins, then when I’m as close as possible, I lean slightly forward and rack it. I try not to step too far back from the pins at the beginning when un-racking the bar. I couldn’t even imagine how risky/difficult it would be racking the bar behind…
Why, what do you do?[/quote]
That is maybe the worst advice I’ve ever heard.[/quote]
Haha, please enlighten me? The reason why I never give lifting technique advice…[/quote]
When he was asking about dumping the weight, he is talking in the event of a failed lift. Trying to baby step with it probably aint the best idea.
First, if you have anyone spotting, you don’t dump the weight, stay with it and let them help you finish the lift.
If you don’t have people spotting, I wouldn’t recommend dumping the weight forward, you can knock yourself out doing this.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
When he was asking about dumping the weight, he is talking in the event of a failed lift. Trying to baby step with it probably aint the best idea.
First, if you have anyone spotting, you don’t dump the weight, stay with it and let them help you finish the lift.[/quote]
Ah, I see. The squat is one of the only exercises where I don’t go to failure on (just near).
Curious, how is just one spotter supposed to help a person up (if the load’s 500+)…without looking like they’re trying to bum rape you…and then probably fall to the ground with you too?
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
If you don’t have people spotting, I wouldn’t recommend dumping the weight forward, you can knock yourself out doing this.[/quote]
Could you elaborate? (my simple mind doesn’t comprehend lol). I wouldn’t lean forward with my back, mainly my legs/hips…
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
When he was asking about dumping the weight, he is talking in the event of a failed lift. Trying to baby step with it probably aint the best idea.
First, if you have anyone spotting, you don’t dump the weight, stay with it and let them help you finish the lift.[/quote]
Ah, I see. The squat is one of the only exercises where I don’t go to failure on (just near).
Curious, how is just one spotter supposed to help a person up (if the load’s 500+)…without looking like they’re trying to bum rape you…and then probably fall to the ground with you too?
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
If you don’t have people spotting, I wouldn’t recommend dumping the weight forward, you can knock yourself out doing this.[/quote]
Could you elaborate? (my simple mind doesn’t comprehend lol). I wouldn’t lean forward with my back, mainly my legs/hips…[/quote]
Same way someone spots a heavy bench to failure…it don’t take much unless you are WAY out of your league with a weight. Dude gets behind you and looks like he’s bum raping you. He pushups UP at your lats or possibly with one hand wrapped around to the chest and one on your back.
Yes, it looks gay. Yes it is effective.