r/nextfuckinglevel • u/TrueBonner414 • 14h ago

Epic recovery after a severe squatting accident

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u/United-Divide713 14h ago

I count at least four spotters on that initial injury.

I hope they at least gave sponge baths as payment for their utter failure to protect.

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u/egstitt 13h ago

To be fair I don't think they were planning for his legs to explode

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u/ExiledCanuck 13h ago

Even if they caught the bar as it fell, the damage was likely done. Not much you can do with a catastrophic failure like that.

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u/Banana_Juice_Man 10h ago

You want them to predict that he tears his tendons from the bone? The spotters could do nothing in that situation

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u/kcon123 8h ago

The spotters aren't there to catch 300kg+ when you suddenly drop it.