The Dangers of Lifting Alone: A Near-Death Bench Press Story
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The sheer audacity of attempting a max lift without backup is put into sharp perspective here. The footage captures the split second where an overloaded barbell was dropped, bending dangerously close to snappingโa horrifying testament to what can happen when training heavy alone. Listen to the chill
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And so in that in that preference of training alone, I you know I gave up the ability to have a spotter and I I did I did drop a weight once and uh so you know that's pretty dangerous whenever you drop it, bend the bar cuz I had I had a lot of weight on it. Bent the bar and thankfully I got my head out of the way and it caught on one of the safety catches but when it caught it bent the bar almost, you know, in half. So just realize that you know you can have some seriously dangerous stuff happen with freeway
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