^I think your right on with “If you’re using an appropriate weight…chances of injury should go down.” Every exercize is safe with appropriate weight and good form. Its only the lifter’s decision making that makes it dangerous.
In terms of immediate injury and/or death? Bench Press. I’m at a university gym so I get to watch people fubar this exercise pretty much daily. Decline may have a higher kill rate, but more people are bringing more ego to the flat bench.
In terms of repetitive strain, I would have to say the deadlift, I get to see a lot of bad form on this one too, and I’m just not sure how much worse it can get than lumbar disk herniation… you need those things!
The inner thigh machine a.k.a the Beavertron
Your all wrong its the unsupported leg press
http://weightlifting.moonfruit.com/#/legpress/4512380776
literally if you slip your dead.
dear god, Shizen. That looks insane. Does anyone here actually do that?
[quote]mr popular wrote:
People curl in the squat rack at my gym. It’s never a problem, because we have like 10 of them.
Nobody gets any dirty looks.[/quote]
Well at my gym, if you even think about curling in the squat rack, vicious midgets go to your house and rape your girlfriend, and then kick your dog. Then they track you down and kick at your knees.
Maybe your gym just isn’t hardcore?
[quote]shizen wrote:
Your all wrong its the unsupported leg press
http://weightlifting.moonfruit.com/#/legpress/4512380776
literally if you slip your dead. [/quote]
FTW!
To respond to the guy with ten squat racks. We only have one squat rack. It does annoy me when I’m there on leg day and some kid is doing barbell curls again for 3 days straight.
[quote]eeu743 wrote:
mr popular wrote:
People curl in the squat rack at my gym. It’s never a problem, because we have like 10 of them.
Nobody gets any dirty looks.
Well at my gym, if you even think about curling in the squat rack, vicious midgets go to your house and rape your girlfriend, and then kick your dog. Then they track you down and kick at your knees.
Maybe your gym just isn’t hardcore?[/quote]
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! viscious midgets!!! lol…where is your gym i want to go there…lol
Gerdy
I was blessed with being able to train at Koloseum Gym last year in Fullerton CA. The Gym where FLEX magazine does their photoshoots. Needless to say the most hardcore gym I’ve ever been blessed to train in 
definitely no squat rack curls!
Gerdy
*High Rep Strip Sets on Hack Squat machine…if they don’t kill you, you will wish they did! LOL
[quote]bigdude wrote:
Hi,
Just out of curiosity what does everyone think is/are the most dangerous exercises in the gym? Why?
Word.
[/quote]
My vote is going to be Good Mornings and stiff-legged deadlifts.
I have seen one guy dislocate his shoulder doing heavy (for him) DB flyes and another doing heavy (.) benches… but i think the most long term damage is done by the herniated discs from hyper - flexion and extension of the trunk…
Joe
[quote]triple-10sets wrote:
^I think your right on with “If you’re using an appropriate weight…chances of injury should go down.” Every exercize is safe with appropriate weight and good form. Its only the lifter’s decision making that makes it dangerous. [/quote]
Well with Bench and Squats you can use appropriate weight and still get pinned to the bench or the floor.
1 Arm DB push press
1 Arm DB Snatch
can injure urself pretty easily
[quote]Aragorn wrote:
false grip where your thumb is on the same side as your fingers.[/quote]
Why would someone use that kind of grip? I tried it once and found it uncomfortable to use.
Most of the “golden age” bodybuilders used that grip when benching and overhead pressing.
who knows why, maybe they felt they were using the target muscles more and less of the forearms.
My training partner uses a false grip for close grip benching, and i think it will eventually start to hold him back.
[quote]Shire wrote:
Aragorn wrote:
false grip where your thumb is on the same side as your fingers.
Why would someone use that kind of grip? I tried it once and found it uncomfortable to use.[/quote]
The only time I use a false grip is on some pulling exercises where I’m using straps. I think it feels more comfortable and that I have a better grip with the straps that way.
Gerdy
- Excessive heavy benching (more than twice a week) will fuck up anyone’s shoulder in the long run.
- Those who do heavy shrugs with weights they can’t afford to lift… then they ROTATE their shoulders around. OUCH! PAIN!
- The leg press is also deadly if you’re a frat boy that try to lift too heavy, just to impress.
Like most said, it’s not really about the movements, it’s more about using too much weight on most movements.
Well going by the only times I’ve been injured.
Going to heavy on lateral raises, and adding a bit of a jerk to the motion. This can cause your arms to go behind your back a bit, and is a guranteed injury. I told a buddy about it, and he tried to prove me wrong saying he wouldn’t get injured and he did haha. Takes about a week to heal.
Also, once you go very heavy on dips, there’s a point of depth towards the bottom where your triceps begin to unactivate, and suddenly all the weight goes onto your shoulders.
Another time was when I started deadlifting, and wasn’t letting it rest on the ground each rep. One side went down a little bit too far and bounced off the ground, causing a huge imbalance in weight, and one side of my back was totally screwed up.
[quote]CantStop wrote:
Push presses when you fail to move your head back.[/quote]
Guilty!!! lol…
I always cringe when people do these really fast lateral twist/rotation movements, uncontrolled with more weight than looks comfortable.
Watching the way folks handle dumbbells between exercises (ie pickup/put down) makes me cringe as well.
[quote]shizen wrote:
Your all wrong its the unsupported leg press
http://weightlifting.moonfruit.com/#/legpress/4512380776
literally if you slip your dead. [/quote]
Wouldn’t that depend on thickness of the lifter’s head and torso? I mean a skinny guy could fit between the bar and the floor, whereas a thicker guy would take the bar to directly to the chest/face/whatever.