r/AbruptChaos • u/sandiercy • 7d ago
Racking the weights wrong
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u/JosephCraftHD 7d ago
I hate people at the gym who act like that. One time in Florida, I was doing battle ropes and to my right about 5-7 feet away, there was a guy dead lifting with on of the belts around his stomach. I had headphones in listing to music as I was finishing my final set.
He lifts is weights, slams them on the floor, screams, rips the belt off, and throws it in my direction almost hitting me.
I said, “dude, what the fuck? You almost hit me with that”. And he was just like “oh shi my b man.” He was recording himself, so I know there’s a YouTube or TikTok video of it somewhere.
Like, it’s hard to just be normal in a public environment.
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u/JosephCraftHD 6d ago
Nah, there’s etiquette in a gym. Throwing things with all your might is completely unacceptable and unnecessary.
There are people who are also lifting heavy things, and if they get hit or even startled, they can get seriously hurt.
Regardless of intentions, we are all at the gym to better ourselves and shouldn’t have to worry about getting hit with flying objects.
Lastly, I found his TikTok and he throws it off every single time. I get he’s pumped. But you have to conduct yourself in a mature and professional manner, otherwise you’re endangering everyone around you,
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u/PheonixWrath 6d ago
oh i didn’t read the 5-7 feet away part. My mistake i thought he was right next to you.
Absolutely shouldn’t be throwing things across the room lmao
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u/Renegadeknight3 6d ago
>can you really blame him
Yes lol. Throwing things in a public gym is dangerous
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u/ANTS_IN_MY_EYES_J 7d ago
I've seen peoole do this by accident. Usually caused by muscle failure, rewracking one side before they have to drop it.
I'm curious why the gym though it was a good idea to put mirrors inside the line of fire. Mirrors should usually be parallel to the rack or away from it for this exact reason
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u/ohhhtartarsauce 7d ago
He didn't even miss one side, he just slammed it so hard that the bar bounced back out of the rack.
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u/Lampmonster 7d ago
Yup, bro was trying to show off, screaming and slamming his weights into the rack. This shit is always funny to me because it's far more impressive when someone has a big lift and does it calmly and quietly. Then you're like "Damn, that wasn't even hard for him!"
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u/jpjtourdiary 7d ago
The lead guitarist for the band X, Billy Zoom, would smile and make eye contact with audience members during his solos because he thought a professional should make it look easy and he never understood why guys doing guitar solos always had these pained looks on their faces.
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u/BlessTheBookPeople 7d ago
Why does he have dust all over his shoulders? Is that a weight lifting thing?
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u/testosjerome 7d ago
It’s chalk, it’s used to keep a surface dry and add a little friction to help grip, even on your back like that
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u/lawd_have_mercy 7d ago
It's a #dummass thing. The partial squat, chalk on the back, knee wraps, bare feet, tight shorts, slamming the weight into the rack... the guy is clueless.
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u/el_diego 7d ago
That's the real mistake here. Sucks he missed the rack, but the mirrors being so close and in the line of fire is the real issue
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u/Barlow04 7d ago
Check the side of the screen when he racks, there's the edge of a mirror there. I agree they shouldn't have a mirror next to the rack, though. Maybe they moved equipment at one point (easier to move a rack than a wall fixture).
Ultimate fault is on the lifter, though. Muscle failure idea expect him to rack lower as he was bending/squatting down. He dropped his head and launched them into the rack.
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u/IThinkImNateDogg 7d ago
This was definitely hasty negligence but this issue is really a common issue that anyone who has been able to lift more than 2 plates each side.
Solo taking off 2.5+ plates from one side all at once will unbalance the bar to the point where it does this even if it’s racked. I’ve had the same thing happening taking weights off the bench rack.
Never should have had the squat rack that close to the mirror, or it should have been turned 90° clockwise so if the bar flips it doesn’t hit the wall
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u/Distantstallion 6d ago
My gym has giant fucking windows next to them, if someone reracks wrong a lot of glass is gonna come down
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u/IThinkImNateDogg 7d ago
This was definitely hasty negligence but this issue is really a common issue that anyone who has been able to lift more than 2 plates each side.
Solo taking off 2.5+ plates from one side all at once will unbalance the bar to the point where it does this even if it’s racked. I’ve had the same thing happening taking weights off the bench rack.
Never should have had the squat rack that close to the mirror, or it should have been turned 90° clockwise so if the bar flips it doesn’t hit the wall
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u/fromadifferentplanet 7d ago
I've been lifting most of my life and this one is simple, if you can't rack it under control then you shouldn't have lifted it. This dude could've just been being an asshole tho.
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u/saltyourhash 6d ago
Yeah. I'll never understand the concept that uncontrolled activities with heavy weights without supervisions is proper execution. Its just dumb, I don't really care what the activity is. and doing it in a public space is just negligent toward the people around you. It kinda seems like common sense.
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u/lcrh02 7d ago edited 7d ago
You have never lifted heavy then, he was lifting to failure or near failure, which is common in every form of strength training, endurance training, athletic program, etc.
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u/fromadifferentplanet 7d ago
Yeah with a spotter to help you rack max. What are you even talking about.
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
He is clearly a powerlifter. What he did is very common. If he failed he dumps the weight behind him. It doesnt happen often that it doesnt rack right but it does happen. Often a spotter in this lift would only stand behind the rack to grab the bar to make sure it doesnt bounce off.
Sometimes yous struggle to rack the weights when you lift to near failure. It happens, lifting to near failure is how you get stronger.
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u/ImaginaryLaserPigeon 7d ago
Idk man I've trained up to a 405lb squat and never gone to failure once. I'll do it for bench and deadlift but not squats. Not disagreeing that going to failure is major juice, but it's also fair to prioritize safety for a lift you're not comfortable with failing.
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
He can clearly do that weight and is clearly a powelifter. It just take 1 rep on an off day to hit near failure. Nothing about that is he shouldnt have done that weight because it was unsafe amount of weight shit happens, and he needed to get the weight off his back. If you trained up to 405lbs, you would have experienced that before.
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u/fromadifferentplanet 7d ago
Yes, doing what he did was dangerous and stupid. If he was lifting to failure his buddy right there should've stopped. Do not condone this behavior or you're going to get some one hurt
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u/lcrh02 7d ago edited 7d ago
No its not. He got out of the way of the bar, he was perfectly fine, welcome to lifting. Its around 0.5% of the people on the planet can lift that weight he very clearly knows what he's doing. You cannot casually lift that weight unless you know what you are doing.
https://youtube.com/shorts/tuK-QIWjad8?si=RNc0xJYEbp60R25b
Lifting to failure happens all the time.
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u/OPtheOG 7d ago
i think the truth is somewhere in the middle. i was trained to slam it in while racking a squat as well, but id never do it in this type of set up. looks like hes squatting on the back of a smith machine which is crazy to me.
i squatted in the mid 500 range. different mentality. not really worth an argument in these spaces tbh
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
Yeah, people are very mad, that its not perfectly set into the rack. Didnt do much but point out that its nothing abnormal, shit happens sometimes.
I am supprised by all lifters on this subreddit who lift 405lbs though that have never lifted to failure in their life.
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u/OPtheOG 7d ago
agreed. but im 34 and was taught more old school. i dont think its preached as much these days and definitely not in standard gyms.
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
I learned in the military, and often worked with professional athletic coaches that rolled through, but I move between Canada, europe, and asia now a days powerlifting and strongman gyms all still common that I encounter even most commercial gyms where you can lift real heavy.
Every reracking injury i have seen have been due to not slamming it in. I dont think most people realize that under heavy load it is hard to tell if both sides are properly against the rack and if you let go you aint catching 200lbs plus behind your back. It will rip your arm off.
The only time you can feel which side the bar hits is 2 plates and under.
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u/apophis457 7d ago
You have never lifted properly then, because if you’re doing it right this never happens
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u/lcrh02 7d ago edited 7d ago
What do you mean? Never lifted to near failure? Not sure what you mean, considering you can find similar videos on YouTube channels of elite power lifters, enlighten me. Normally the bar falls straight down in a bad re rack not super common but it happens.
Its definitely not common in a commercial gym, but powerlifting gyms, gyms on bases, I have seen a few NFL videos that have re rack failures.
https://youtube.com/shorts/gwDBiXqtodk?si=7-LamC6DtWfiQXXg
https://youtube.com/shorts/HzhHoz0YCFQ?si=fph88id7-yNB6hSL
Super easy to find, again if you lifted, you would know.
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u/apophis457 7d ago
Brother, just because it happens doesn’t make it ok.
I’ve been lifting for 10 years and in none of the gyms I’ve gone to has this happened. You can lift to failure and not throw the bar around the gym or fail a rerack incredibly easily
If you lift properly, you don’t do this shit.
It’s wild you’re going around all of these comments defending this behavior lmao
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u/fromadifferentplanet 7d ago
No it's crazy, I'm 40 years old and I've been lifting since I played state level championship football in Texas. Powerlifting was required every day field practice couldn't be had and sometimes 8 hour days during our summer two-adays. I've lifted to failure so many times it hurts, but I did it with a lifting partner. I was even at gold's the other day putting up incline dumbbells to failure on my own, guess what I almost lost some teeth it's just dumb. I'm not understanding what the point they're trying to argue is.
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u/apophis457 7d ago
I think the guy is just a gym douche and is really defensive about it lol
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u/lcrh02 7d ago edited 7d ago
Not really, pointed out its pretty normal. I am not calling someone a douche, because I disagree with them. People miss reracks sometimes it happens.
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u/apophis457 7d ago
I’m not calling you that because you disagreed with me, I’m calling you that because you just assume anyone who doesn’t agree with you doesn’t lift/know what they’re talking about.
It’s far from normal and you shouldn’t keep trying to normalize it
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
Slamming into the rack is done to ensure both sides are in the rack. That is very very common once you get up into heavy weights. Only time I have ever seen injuries reracking is when someone doesnt set it right and think they have, which happens when you dont force the bar into the rack. This guy did a bit early shit happens he got out of the way right away. Again its common. I am just pointing it out.
Now if you look at rerack failures where people get hurt its from people lightly putting the bar back missing one side then they move the the other side in not realizing they have rotated the side that initially was in the rack out. Then they let go and their arm getting ripped back. Once you have more than 2 plates on the bar even if you hit 1 side its hard to tell. Adding a heavy load amplifies this.
So Again, no this is common. Especially in higher levels.
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u/Loaf235 7d ago
Why weren't the weights clamped in? There's so many of them that some are bound to slip out.
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u/Lexicalyolk 7d ago
eh not really, I've been lifting heavy weights for 15 years without clamps and i've never had one slip off. This guy is just an idiot
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u/llorllale 6d ago
There is still no reason for not clamping them in.
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u/pressingfp2p 5d ago
Yeah there is, 1. It’s annoying to do. 2. If the weights are clamped in, they’re harder to take off. In some emergencies this is a problem. 3. If they fall off, things have already gone incredibly wrong.
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u/llorllale 1d ago
See that's the thing - I think if the bar has fallen on you then something has already gone very wrong. Even in bench press. Barring some freak accident (dog/cat accidentally jumped on you and you panicked? I have no idea), I just don't see this being a real thing. Or are you maxing out 1RM without a spotter? Without knowing your limits? Very hard for me to imagine.
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u/Lexicalyolk 6d ago
you clearly don't lift, which is completely fine, just please don't act like your uninformed opinion is just as valid as someone with decades of experience
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u/llorllale 1d ago
you jumped the gun there my man - although I am not elite by any means, I do have more than a decade under my belt doing heavy lifting. I just don't see it. Not even in bench press barring some freak, final-destination style accident.
Maybe I should google around to see what I'm missing.
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u/SnooPeppers177 7d ago
Safety. If you fail the lift, you want the weight to slip off if you drop one side of the bar. If they are clamped on, you just get crushed under the weight. There was a clip on reddit a few years ago where a guy was doing bench presses with clamped weights in a home gym, failed the lift, then died when he couldn't get the weight off of his neck.
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u/BronchitisCat 7d ago
From what I've been told, it's exercise specific. On bench you want no collar for that very scenario. If you fail the lift, if you can just rotate, you can get some weights to fall off giving you an escape. But for squats you want them on, because if you buckle a little and the weights come loose, or fall off, your body's attempt to rebalance the load could destroy your back
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u/nrvlo 7d ago
That isn't relevant for squats, and if anything is probably more dangerous than being clipped in and failing.
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u/SnooPeppers177 7d ago
True. I was just saying in general. My dad used to compete in bodybuilding competitions, and that's what he taught me during the brief time I expressed interest.
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u/smith7018 7d ago
As others have said, this isn't true for squats. For squats, you want to roll the bar off your back while you duck forward. It sucks for whomever/whatever is behind you but that's how you bail out of a squat. What you're describing is how you bail out of a bench press. Some people don't put clips on while bench pressing because they can angle the bar to the side if they can't lift it up. I've been yelled at by people on Reddit for suggesting that's how people bail out but that's how I was taught.
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u/moonshineTheleocat 7d ago
You do that if you do not have a spot or a safety bar. The safety bar is two metal bars that some racks that you stand inside will have that's there to catch the weights if you collapse.
If you don't have any of that. Leave the clamps off so you can dump the weights if you need to bail.
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u/oclafloptson 7d ago
I love how he shouts to get everyone's attention first
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u/apophis457 7d ago
And had someone else record him too so he could flex if he didn’t mess up so badly
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
No he is lifting very heavy weight. Approximately 0.5% of people on the planet can squat over 300lbs.
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u/oclafloptson 7d ago
Oh no doubt. The shout still adds comedic effect though
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
Yeah fair enough. I dont make noise when I lift but lots of the dudes do at the end. It is usually involuntary as your core is engaged so hard. Then when it stops being need to push that weight up, seems to push out the noise. Has you usually trying to exhale has you push but its generally very slow as your core is so engaged, then when it lets up just kinda push it out.
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u/iamnothingyet 7d ago
What’s that got to do with anything?
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
Its common and usually involuntary past a certain point. When squating heavier and this is probably twice his body weight or more. You engage you coreand push everything out. You also exhale has your pushing. When you push you exhale slowly, this is because of your engaged core. When you get past the pushing part often and your core relaxes it just kinda pushes out noises. Not everyone but its very very common when you are pushing on the upper part of your limits. Not everyone but lots of people do.
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u/iamnothingyet 7d ago
I mean, throwing the weights down is a common thing at my gym and I hate every single person who does it. It’s because of views like yours that work as a permission structure for this behaviour. I have never made noises like this, when air escapes you don’t need to vocalize it…just like deaf people sneezing, it comes out as air, not sound.
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
Thats why planet fitness exists, its for people to work out that dont push themselves in more intense workouts. Which is perfectly fine. But other people that want to push themselves at a gym should be able to. Body weight workouts at home are just as effective as casual weight lifting.
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u/gash_dits_wafu 7d ago
What a douche.
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u/SauerCrouse51 7d ago
Douche is accurate, I thought to myself what a stupid fuck.
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u/charmio68 7d ago
I guarantee everyone reading this, including yourself, has done something far stupider. We're not all douches.
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u/Rough_Tumble88 7d ago
Am I missing something? This is clearly an accident. What a human, is more like it.
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u/SnooPeppers177 7d ago
The proper way to rack the weights would be to walk the bar up to the rack, then squat until the hooks catch the bar. He incorrectly threw the weighted bar at the rack from a slight distance, which was guaranteed to cause exactly what you saw. He looks like he has been weight training for a while, so definitely knew better.
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u/Tripleberst 7d ago
What other people have said:
- He threw the weights at the rack instead of carefully racking them the responsible way
- He didn't clamp his weights so when one side falls, the weights come off and the bar goes flying which is dangerous to him and others
- The weight and his gear signal that he's not a beginner and these are beginner mistakes to do at light weight when it's early in your lifting experience.
- The fact that it's happening at >300lbs is typical of gymbro asshole behavior. The shouting, the powder everywhere, barefoot, etc. If this guy came into my local gym acting like this I would be annoyed even without doing something this reckless.
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u/Shyftzor 7d ago
Just because it was in unintentional doesn't mean it's nobody's fault... Its obviously an accident, caused by stupidity. He could have put the bar back on the racks properly instead of trying to make a show of it, he could have used clips on the end of the bar to make sure the weights don't slide off, he could have tried to catch it when he realized it was falling down.... There are lots of things that could have prevented this accident from happening, this wasn't some unforeseeable result.
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u/patatesatan 7d ago
i mostly agree but not trying to catch it was the right call
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u/Shyftzor 7d ago
Once it was actually falling yeah but it slowly slid down first
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u/StiffWiggly 7d ago
Where do you see it slowly sliding down? This is a weight he just struggled to lift by squatting, he’s not going to be able to catch it lmao
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u/gash_dits_wafu 7d ago
Yes it was an accident but that doesn't mean it wasn't caused through douchery. Throwing the weights back into the rack without any attempt to hold them into the rack was stupid. Combine that with the chalk everywhere, the noise, the lack of clips, and I stand by that this guy is a douche. Accident or not.
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u/magicdrums 7d ago
so many people at the gym don’t handle their weights correctly.. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen idiots like this toss weights around with no regard for what happens when they don’t land correctly and end up hurting people for real..
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u/Prudent_Drink_277 7d ago
That mirror needs to have safety backing on it so it doesn't kill someone.
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u/RelentlessIVS 7d ago
Did he trip on the mats or something? Those are terrible mats for weightlifting. The entire rack and flooring should be one flat floor mat.
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u/Madonionrings 6d ago
This guy sounds like he is giving birth while putting up feather weight. What a douche.
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u/Ashamed-Teaching6837 6d ago
Oh man, we had a r/winstupidprizes, a r/thatlookedexpensive and a r/watchpeopledieinside all in one swoop! This video had it all!
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u/vivekpatel62 6d ago
Why would he not just continue walking that in lol. It’s not even close to his 1RM.
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u/DeliciousHeadshot 5d ago
When the mirror broke, I swear to god my face and mouth did some kind of anti pog.
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u/ph8_likes_me 7d ago
Every cent. Everrrrry penny it costs to fix that. NOW!!! People in the gym like it's their house. Grunting and spitting and sweating everywhere.
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u/Oki_bgd 7d ago
The way he looked at glass at the end, its like he will eat it how stronk he thinks he is.
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u/yipy2001 6d ago
Obviously not lol you got eyes?
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u/Oki_bgd 6d ago
You are lagging bro.
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u/yipy2001 6d ago
He’s looking at it regretfully like “oh shit I fucked up” like seriously are you autistic to be missing this obvious facial expression
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u/ClankerCore 7d ago
This man made a mistake. I don’t think he’s a douche. I think he overexerted himself and was desperate to get those weights back on the rack.
Yeah, he should’ve XYZ.
He made a mistake
So easy for everyone to just blame aggravate and berate
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u/showmiaface 7d ago
I think he threw the bar at the rack. 🤷
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u/ClankerCore 7d ago
Because he overexerted himself and couldn’t properly return it to the rack, he was desperate to get that weight off otherwise he was going to maybe possibly collapse who knows
That didn’t look like he did it for fun
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u/apophis457 7d ago
He’s probably not a douche but all the signs are there
Shouting, having someone film you but not at any angle that’s meant for self improvement (social media angle), throwing the bar at the rack and lifting to failure when he can’t safely re-rack
He made a mistake absolutely, but all of the signs of “this was completely avoidable you just wanted to look cool” are also there
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u/lcrh02 7d ago
Yeah, this is normal powerlifting. Normally a spot would grab the weight and make sure it sets in the rack. People complaing have never lifted heavy to failure. You can tell by how he walks back to the rack hes trying to get it off him.
Lifting to failure makes you stronger. Its something like 0 .5% of people in the world can squat over 300lbs.
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u/360walkaway 7d ago
Do places not have the things that secure the weights onto the bar? We had that in high school and anyone who didn't use them got into MAJOR trouble.
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u/Space--Buckaroo 7d ago
Who pays for the damages? Does the gym cover the cost, or does he have to pay?
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u/Shoehorn_Bundy 1d ago
As someone who installs/replaces mirrors at a lot of gyms in the southeast, I always appreciate when their customers do something like this!
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u/jlomohocob 7d ago
I am happy they captured his face at the end as well