I’m sure some of you have seen this video before, but this guy’s left knee goes out while he’s setting up to squat 685 lbs. What did he do wrong, exactly? Was his stance too wide? Why don’t you see this sort of thing happening with sumo deadlifts?
If you watch it slowly, you’ll notice that he loses his balance before the leg crumbles. The last step of the right foot backwards is him trying to catch himself from falling backwards and I guess when he shifted his weight back on his left leg, it just wasn’t ready.
I didn’t notice that until watching it a number of times and after watching it slowed down this time. The buckling of his left leg actually doesn’t come as “out of nowhere” when you slow it down to see the whole chain of events.
I’m sure it wasn’t pleasant though, that’s for sure.
-Matt
I’m pretty sure I had a hyyyoge argument here about hat video because someone says how it proves squatting wide is dangerous, or how he shouldn’t have attempted the weigt or something.
My conclusion was that shit just happens. Put yourself under heavy weights long enough and you’re gonna hurt yourself. There was shit all big seb coulda done to avoid it.
tough luck… you play with weights, your going to get hurt…
and the best generally are the ones who got hurt and learned.
Yeah, he just didn’t get comfy underneath the weight and paid for it. Sometimes, stuff happens.
Did anyone check out this video from the same link:
That’s some bad spotting but seriously, I would have been caught off-guard by someone losing it on the way down, too.
[quote]The Pencil Neck wrote:
Yeah, he just didn’t get comfy underneath the weight and paid for it. Sometimes, stuff happens.
Did anyone check out this video from the same link:
That’s some bad spotting but seriously, I would have been caught off-guard by someone losing it on the way down, too.[/quote]
Okay, first I’ll say I hope the guys ok, and still lifting… Right. Now that is out of the way… Who were the two Dildo’s spotting on the sides, and what were they doing? You can easily see that Steven Segal Jr. is not the manliest of men, and therfore would not be my first choice to save me.
If you listen to the video really close, I think you can hear both of the knuckleheads say “DUDE.” when the weight smashed the guy in the face.
I remember that one. I dunno, squatting outside the rack always scares me.
Best response in the bench press video:
“yo what da fuck is dat white crackas problem nah im sayin. like what da fuck, dat shit right there is like me walkin up ta some fuckin bitch in da club that is ugly as shit and askin dat hoe to fuck. dats jus sumthin ya dont do nah im sayin. dont go pushing ya arms so much if ya got no muscle ta ack that shit up nah im sayin. stick with them dung bells man nah im sayin”
[quote]Razor29 wrote:
The Pencil Neck wrote:
Yeah, he just didn’t get comfy underneath the weight and paid for it. Sometimes, stuff happens.
Did anyone check out this video from the same link:
That’s some bad spotting but seriously, I would have been caught off-guard by someone losing it on the way down, too.
Okay, first I’ll say I hope the guys ok, and still lifting… Right. Now that is out of the way… Who were the two Dildo’s spotting on the sides, and what were they doing? You can easily see that Steven Segal Jr. is not the manliest of men, and therfore would not be my first choice to save me.
If you listen to the video really close, I think you can hear both of the knuckleheads say “DUDE.” when the weight smashed the guy in the face. [/quote]
Jesus fucking christ. My training partner and I were talking about this kind of shit the other week. We should all give lessons on spotting and general gym safety to people we see doing dangerous shit. Basic rule of spotting: if the weight moves in the opposite direction from where it’s supposed to go, you fucking grab it. If I knew that guy under the bar, I’d be going after those two fuckheads.
Thats horrible :(, glad he is okay afterwards.
When you lift heavy, sh!t happens at times. It is almost unavoidable over the course of training for years.
Koing
Guys, this wasn’t the spotters fault. They could not have prevented this. Even if they caught the bar on the way down, it wouldn’t have made a difference. His knee was the first thing to give. After that, it didn’t matter.
The bar didn’t “smash” him in the face, by the way. It looks like it didn’t do any damage at all on the way down. It rolled off his back to the ground.
[quote]Racarnus wrote:
Guys, this wasn’t the spotters fault. They could not have prevented this. Even if they caught the bar on the way down, it wouldn’t have made a difference. His knee was the first thing to give. After that, it didn’t matter.
If you listen to the video really close, I think you can hear both of the knuckleheads say “DUDE.” when the weight smashed the guy in the face.
The bar didn’t “smash” him in the face, by the way. It looks like it didn’t do any damage at all on the way down. It rolled off his back to the ground.
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You should go re read what your arguing against.
I hate watching lifting accidents. I worry that it’ll make me fear the weights and be weaker.
I like watching weights getting manhandled. That makes me feel positive.
I never squat outside the rack, and I don’t nearly use the weight this guy is pushing.
You can’t avoid all risk, but you shouldn’t tempt the gods either.
[quote]Racarnus wrote:
Guys, this wasn’t the spotters fault. They could not have prevented this. Even if they caught the bar on the way down, it wouldn’t have made a difference. His knee was the first thing to give. After that, it didn’t matter.
If you listen to the video really close, I think you can hear both of the knuckleheads say “DUDE.” when the weight smashed the guy in the face.
The bar didn’t “smash” him in the face, by the way. It looks like it didn’t do any damage at all on the way down. It rolled off his back to the ground.
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I WOULD agree with thwhat you’re saying, but those guys were actually talking about a different video, there was a bench one posted after Seb’s fall.