So I was doing deadlifts in the squat rack last week. I had 325 on the bar. After I was done, I put the BB on the adjustable safety bars on the rack. I took all the weight off one side and the BB toppled over and slammed against the ground. It was about a 5.5 ft fall.

It was 5pm, the busy hour at my gym. I was so fuckin embarrassed. Like arent the racks supposed to be fuckin made so that doesnt happen? wtf

Now im so scared that will happen again, i take individual weights off very carefully while holding the BB,even when im on the bench press and shit. Im scarred from that embarrassment

This post was edited by Shakti on Jul 29 2015 06:50pm

it could be worse man...



imagine if that wasn't staged and the dude tipped over

This post was edited by carteblanche on Jul 29 2015 07:24pm

If you took all the weights off on one side then most the time it will flip over. You always unrack one plate at a time or two depending on how much is on the other side to counter balance it.

In your case just go one at a time and you'll save yourself from embarrassment

Yeah im playing it ultra safe from now on. Im so paranoid

Some beta behavior right here. Who cares. People wont remember the guy who dropped a weight.

Stil loud and would startle you. If I saw a small young cat that happened to I'd think "fuckin n00b" but when shakti do it I'm like "aight dat cell tech working keep going bruh I see you."

but i learned this at the playground when sitting on a see saw and a fat kid tried to jump on

example:


This post was edited by noob_whacker on Jul 30 2015 12:33am

gravity-1
shakti-0

yeah gym scientists actually found a way to alter the laws of physics so that shouldnt happen, maybe your gym just wasnt updated