Article that a friend sent me.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_779278.php
How the heck?
On a fuckin smith machine.
The gene pool needs chlorine.
I don’t think his actions deserve that comment. I remember being 12 and doing things I should not have done. I’m sure there are plenty of other things people on here have done that could’ve got them killed if they thought about it.
I don’t know how many times at 15 I had to roll a bench off my body because it was too heavy. 5" higher and it would’ve been my neck.
That sucks. I can’t imagine being his Dad. It wasn’t really his fault but how could you not blame yourself forever?
if anything blame the father for not re-racking his weights. can’t blame the kid. he’s only 12 and probably had no idea how hard 180 lbs would be for him to push up.
That’s a sad story. I feel for the family. As a father, though, I NEVER leave anything on the rack when I’m finished. For safety first, but also because it bends the bars.
DB
Yup, been there and done that a few times on my homemade bench when I was in junior high / high school. I eventually perfected the technique of being able to roll it down to my hips, sit up, lift the bar off and put it down on the floor. Of course, I wasn’t using more than 200 pounds at the time.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
I don’t know how many times at 15 I had to roll a bench off my body because it was too heavy. 5" higher and it would’ve been my neck. [/quote]
To the OP. I find your gene pool comment disgraceful. Poor kid.
I personally find free bench without collars safer since you can dump the weight off to the side.
[quote]Damici wrote:
I eventually perfected the technique of being able to roll it down to my hips, sit up, lift the bar off and put it down on the floor. Of course, I wasn’t using more than 200 pounds at the time.
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I’ve done this too but only on incline.
[quote]Hadow Khan wrote:
The gene pool needs chlorine.[/quote]
Dude, not cool.
Very sad story!
To the OP, poor taste in comments. In todays age of kids obesity growing – I am for one happy this kid showed an interest in being fit and working out. His only fault was poor judgement in his abilities.
So according to this statistic only around 3% of weightlifting accidents involve free weights? How is that being ignored by the people claiming machines are safer?
[quote]Hadow Khan wrote:
Article that a friend sent me.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_779278.php
How the heck?
On a fuckin smith machine.
The gene pool needs chlorine.[/quote]
The Kid was 12 and from reading the “whole” article he sounded like he was a smart and driven kid with a dream and a great work ethic. 12 year-olds have limited life experience, hell even as adults do we do things daily that could potential hurt us in the physical realm. I remember kids in high school with limited driving experience getting in accidents and one dying. I lifted weights in my basement as a teen as I am sure many here did and it wasn’t without it’s learned hazards luckily I got to learn from the experiences.
As for you, you sound like a real quality human being…
I’ll admit, what I said was insensitive.
I think everyone has lifting accidents, but on a smith machine? I guess I see some sick irony in it.
Apologee to those who were offended. My comments were out of line.
Ugh; that’s horrible! This thread needs funnies. 
wow, that is dissapointing. I remember training at home, when i couldn’t lift it I would roll it off my body and put it on the floor. Remember doing that at the gym once, and some guy just said ask for a spot or ask for help instead of trying that.
[quote]Hadow Khan wrote:
Apologee to those who were offended. My comments were out of line.
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Alright, you appologized… but I still feel the need to echo the fact that those comments were blatantly out of line.
Everyone makes mistakes, unfortunately for this kid it cost him his life.
Very sad story, I feel bad for those who knew him. Especially his dad, I’m sure his conscience will never let him live it down.