Dropped 510lb bench press attempt

[smoothleb18799]

samething happened to me last night, its not as bad as it looks...my thumbs werent around the barbell and it slipped out of my hand...

[coolsideeric01]

damn did that guy have any chest injuries

[K1dBr1d]

how the hell did it slip out of your hands..

[MegaJohnnywadd]

I benched 85lbs last night for all you pussies!!!!!

[jakesfordtruck]

for all the people shit talking about the spotters (can you stop 255 lbs thrown at you )

they did there job they got weight off him

[SuperTongpo]

Amazing you didn't break any ribs.

[kramerkat]

he has moar weights on his nao back

[ButcherWing369]

Fuckin` hell 0_0

[besquell]

ouch i hope that never happens to me no guts no glory

[PreySim]

RIP

[strongman687]

can i just ask this....How did it feel to have 510lbs slam onto your chest from almost a full arms length from our chest???? damn that had to hurt

[simpllyhuge]

well it is the spotters fault, the problem is it happened so fast and they are looking at his chest instead of their side.

[toomuchcoke]

did he die?

[CaneFu]

It's almost impossible for spotters to react fast enough to something like this. It wouldn't be difficult at all to use a bench with adjustable spotter racks on each side for powerlifting meets. But for course they will probably wait until someone gets killed before they start implementing such a practical safety device.

[KamikazeCaptain]

Nice spotters

[psamsplace]

suicide grip

[kcmccloskey]

@psamsplace

false. look at the video.

[bench595]

@kcmccloskey i was about to say the same thing as the other person. how did this roll out of your hand if you had your thumb gripping it. just curious i guess.

[fourthemasses]

Lucky he didn't get his throat!!

[rivkah69]

just because he fucked up, doesnt make it the spotters fault. he shouldve kept a secure grip on the weight. even if the weight is too heavy who in the right fucking mind releases their grip on 510lbs?! what u do is keep a grip and even if ur not going to make the rep, the spotters will be able to tell that you are struggling to get it up by yourself and they will help you!

[voltmeter101]

those spotters should have caught that shit, did you see that bar flexing holey crap

[peteshredder]

Omg that was fuckin' scary surprised you didn't break a rib or two.

[StormJB1]

omfg is he still alive. i hope his ok, that was nasty

[LawLessChaoz]

He posted this video.

[EgoNomiQ]

Wow man, terminal velocity to the chest. You have some balls to follow through with the next attempt man.

[kcmccloskey]

Actually, I DIDN'T take the next attempt. I did take my deadlifts though. I got the 510 at my next meet (05 Nationals in Killeen)

[GoFuckUrSelfRealNice]

hope u were ok dude

[tiana123123321]

so u have to have a thumb with other fingers grip like not like the nromal way where u have ur hands grabin somthing like u know wat i mena i just dont know how to explain it lol wich wy is better thou ????

[strongerBAEZ]

dude the same happen to me but i was doing 350 and i didnt have anyone to help me pul the bar off... i had a broken wrist and broken ribs.. i feel your pain bro

[cicciobau]

how were your thumbs placed? did you have a grip on the bar or did you just push without thumbs?

I am glad you were fine after that bad accident!

[kcmccloskey]

Thumbs were around the bar. Actually the USAPL does not even allow a thumbless grip (or didn't at the time) The bar just got a little low on me, and my thumbs weren't strong enough to keep it from rolling at the particular angle it was rolling at (sprained the HELL out of one of them)

[Otis728]

Jesus.. were you seriously injured at all?. That's sick you came back so strong in just a year, congrats.

[kcmccloskey]

No serious injuries.  It hurt very badly to laugh, cough or speak loudly for a week or more though.

[gorikuri]

kcmccloskey, it's times like this when you Don't want your friends to make you laugh. Ouch! I'm glad that you are ok.

[RiverCityStrongman]

. . . and stayed the course for a 512 bench press at the 2005 USA Powerlifting Nationals.

[hobbyblue]

ouch!!!

[gorikuri]

Yeah exactly ... OUCH!