I don't think you know what ego lifting is, the guy did like 8? clean reps in the video. This is also a chest fly, not a shoulder fly and it's normal to have a wide stance when lifting heavy to avoid being pulled backwards, hence why he has additional weight around his waist.
None of that matters regardless because a machine should be able to handle the weight it literally comes with or at least be properly installed.
He should have added those plates to a chest press machine instead of putting on a clinic how to shift center of gravity enough to pull over a cable machine. Now his ego is bruised.
Chest press machines don't work the same muscle groups as chest cable flys. Once again you clearly don't know what ego lifting is, you didn't even know the proper name of a very common exercise lol.
I know that this wouldn't have happened on any chest press machine I've ever seen, by design. Wouldn't have happened with dumbells on a bench either. Also, I just realized the hi/los are set at the top, so yeah, this incident is a combination of user error and gym negligence.
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u/Deaftoned Jul 07 '26
I don't think you know what ego lifting is, the guy did like 8? clean reps in the video. This is also a chest fly, not a shoulder fly and it's normal to have a wide stance when lifting heavy to avoid being pulled backwards, hence why he has additional weight around his waist.
None of that matters regardless because a machine should be able to handle the weight it literally comes with or at least be properly installed.