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Hey Bro's
We've all been to the gym before and seen people "Spotting" while their partner lifts. Most of the time, it's not very serious and the spotter isn't really doing a great job or understanding the real importance of it.
Every one of us at one time or another has been a spotter for a friend, or someone else in the gym that asked you to spot them while they do their heavy set.
Today I witnessed why spotting is so important and why we should all take being the job as a spotter seriously.
I was hitting the weights today with my buddy and we were watching two guys who really looked like they knew what they were doing. They were big guys and looked like they had lots of gym experience. I was watching because the guy was doing Overhead Tricep Extentions with a 120 Pound Dumbell and that is just HUGE!
The guy was standing up with the 120 Pound Dumbell over his head and doing his overhead tricep extentions, his buddy is behind him ready to take the weight from behind his neck if/when it got to heavy. Just then a really hot girl walked past wearing some really tight skimpy clothes and the spotter looked over and watched her walk by. He wasn't paying attention to his buddy while he was grunting out the last few reps. He didn't see that his buddy couldn't do any more and the weight was stuck behind his neck and he was barely hanging onto it. He didn't see when the guy dropped it behind his back because he just couldn't hold it anymore. He didn't see the Dumbell as it came crashing down. He didn't notice until the 120 pound Dumell smashed his left foot and crushed the bones into tiny pieces. The entire gym heard him scream like he was being murdered. Then his shoe started turning red and he passed out from the pain. The ambulance had to come and take him out on a stretcher.
Bro's. Being a spotter is not a joke. This is exactly why being a GOOD spotter is important and why you just can't take your eyes off your partner. The reason you are spotting is because it might be too heavy and he might drop it. When someone asks you to spot for them, you don't know how much they can lift. This kind of accident should never happen. Lets all learn from this mistake and realize that maybe we should be paying a little more attention next time.
Safety first bro's.
Just wanted to share that with everyone.
We've all been to the gym before and seen people "Spotting" while their partner lifts. Most of the time, it's not very serious and the spotter isn't really doing a great job or understanding the real importance of it.
Every one of us at one time or another has been a spotter for a friend, or someone else in the gym that asked you to spot them while they do their heavy set.
Today I witnessed why spotting is so important and why we should all take being the job as a spotter seriously.
I was hitting the weights today with my buddy and we were watching two guys who really looked like they knew what they were doing. They were big guys and looked like they had lots of gym experience. I was watching because the guy was doing Overhead Tricep Extentions with a 120 Pound Dumbell and that is just HUGE!
The guy was standing up with the 120 Pound Dumbell over his head and doing his overhead tricep extentions, his buddy is behind him ready to take the weight from behind his neck if/when it got to heavy. Just then a really hot girl walked past wearing some really tight skimpy clothes and the spotter looked over and watched her walk by. He wasn't paying attention to his buddy while he was grunting out the last few reps. He didn't see that his buddy couldn't do any more and the weight was stuck behind his neck and he was barely hanging onto it. He didn't see when the guy dropped it behind his back because he just couldn't hold it anymore. He didn't see the Dumbell as it came crashing down. He didn't notice until the 120 pound Dumell smashed his left foot and crushed the bones into tiny pieces. The entire gym heard him scream like he was being murdered. Then his shoe started turning red and he passed out from the pain. The ambulance had to come and take him out on a stretcher.
Bro's. Being a spotter is not a joke. This is exactly why being a GOOD spotter is important and why you just can't take your eyes off your partner. The reason you are spotting is because it might be too heavy and he might drop it. When someone asks you to spot for them, you don't know how much they can lift. This kind of accident should never happen. Lets all learn from this mistake and realize that maybe we should be paying a little more attention next time.
Safety first bro's.
Just wanted to share that with everyone.
