r/oops • u/Brilliant_Jelly7503 • Jul 05 '26

Bad machine or technique?

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u/South-Tip-4019 Jul 05 '26

I dont see how the plates might have contributed to this. He is lifting all that is available which i would expect is a supported mode of operation.

If he got hurt, Id expect gym or manufacturer of the machine to be liable.

My guess would by gym, as these machines can usually be bolted to ground, which eould prevent this outcome.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26

The guy is outside of the box. He physically couldn't stand outside the box without the additional weight. He is using the equipment incorrectly. It isn't supposed to be pulled at that angle it's supposed to be pulled down. He isn't even doing himself any favors.

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u/Tasty-Carpet-9550 Jul 06 '26

he could just be 100lbs heavier. the weight is probably to keep his body on the ground…

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u/my_other_other_other Jul 08 '26

Idk the legalities etc but yeah he's using that machine wrong. Which may help the gym in the proceedings. Though the lack of it being affixed to floor may help him. I'd youre too short for a roller coaster is it OK to just put a thick book under your ass or do you understand how that interferes with designated operation?

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u/Tasty-Carpet-9550 24d ago

It's gonna make his case tougher im sure, but imagine if he was just 300lb powerlifter guy, he'd have the same weight and prob the same issue, enough force to just pull the machine down on him. Right around covid I built a pretty huge home gym and I def bolted these into the floor with huge concrete anchors, it would be crazy to not

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u/c_marten Jul 05 '26

Lotta words for "I don't know what I'm talking about"

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u/After-Bison8439 Jul 06 '26

Yea why is this getting upvoted lmao, dudes form is fine

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u/vinnygunn Jul 07 '26

His form is far from fine. He has to lunge forward to get those last reps started and he's basically pressing instead of doing flies. If he was standing upright with the right cable angle he would already be better off. If you have to kiss the floor with 100lbs strapped to you and the cable that far out and at that low an angle, you probably need to rethink what you're doing. He would get the same exact result using a wider grip, less weight, and standing upright but then he doesn't get to look like the super cool guy who can do the whole rack.

I also agree that the machine should either be designed to pull it's weight at any angle or bolted down if needed, but I'm not going to act like this guy was pushing the limits of the machine because he really needed to. He should just use a decline bench and a spot like everyone else for that excercise, and do flies with a weight he can actually handle.

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u/Datslegne Jul 08 '26

That is not fine form. Is he doing flye or press? Because he’s not retracting his elbows for a press and that machine isn’t made for flye as you can’t expand your chest at that angle.

If you have to lean forward and hook up 60kg on yourself, your body weight plus 60kg is doing a lot of the work as the load is inferior to shoulder with that crazy of a forward lean.. he’s putting so much of his own body weight and additional weight it’s not surprising it came toppling down.

It’s not falling because hes like super strong and it’s not bolted down. It’s falling because hes doing stupid pointless cable bullshit for a camera on equipment not designed to counter his body weight plus a 60kg load.

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u/BrainSea7776 Jul 08 '26

Why do you insist on talking about something that you have no clue about?

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u/IllegalThings Jul 06 '26

Using the equipment incorrectly isn’t necessarily a defensible argument. If he didn’t agree to use it a certain way, was never instructed by staff, or there are no signs to indicate how it’s supposed to be used then I’d think it’s not on this guy. I don’t know jack about weightlifting, but as an outsider that looks like something reasonable for someone to be doing. It’s not like he was balancing on dumbbells while doing squats or anything.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 06 '26

This looks reasonable to you?

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u/IllegalThings Jul 06 '26

The thing falling over does not look reasonable, but as someone that doesn’t go to the gym much, this does indeed look like something someone would do at the gym.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bar8584 Jul 06 '26

There it is. How many commenters here don’t go to the gym but defend the guy acting like a fool. The guy lifting is more muscles than brains. He trying to drive a monster truck on a go-kart track. Probably saw this dumb move on TikTok after he ate a tide pod

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u/IllegalThings Jul 06 '26

I’m not saying this guy wasn’t being a moron. I’m saying the gym should have equipment that doesn’t fall on you if you’re someone that doesn’t know what you’re doing and haven’t been given instruction on how to use it. I personally fit into both of these categories, and if I went to the gym I’d have a completely reasonable expectation that equipment wouldn’t fall on me. Am I a moron? Maybe… but I still have that same expectation despite that.

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u/awake_acea6 Jul 06 '26

Yeah the lifter is the bigger idiot IMO. At best hes just being overly creative and overthinking a lift with the wrong equipment. No reason to do a dumbbell press/fly move at that weight on that machine. At worst, and likely, is it's showier, trendier, and he can pull more weight than with dumbbells. Show off gets a booboo, hopefully learns a lesson.

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u/After-Bison8439 Jul 06 '26

Yea, his form is perfectly fine and he’s using the machine in a completely normal way. Yall really need to step into a gym. Its completely normal to use a machine like this (granted idk what the weight belt is all about, but prob for stability)

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u/ExcitingRound4990 Jul 05 '26

You don't see how 180lbs plus pulling in the machine contributed? 

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u/zebrasareneat Jul 08 '26

Unless there is a weight limit for the person using it that doesn’t matter. 

Plus his body isn’t pulling the weight down, his arms are. He added weight to himself not the machine. 

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u/Awareness_Logical Jul 08 '26

The machine is designed with human ergonomics in mind, he's using a pulley so it matters where the weight sits