How To Spot For A Bench Press
USC Trojans running back, Stafon Johnson was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery Monday, 9/28/09 after he dropped a loaded barbell on his throat while bench pressing…with spotters. I wasn’t there and hate to second guess, but it doesn’t appear his spotters were either. By the way, where was the strength coach? Every now and then you hear of some kid bench pressing by himself in his garage or basement and and drops the bar on his throat and tragically dies as a result.
If you are going to bench press, use spotters. If you are going to spot someone doing the bench press, be a good spotter.
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from espn http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4516365
“conditioning coach Chris Carlisle, who was standing 10 feet away at the time of the accident. “We’re fortunate he was being spotted.”
is he kidding?? what an idiot!
Suicide grip is what the PL guys are saying. What separates us from other mammals is opposable thumbs . Use them! The good news is that Stafon is expected to fully recover.
It’s not the spotter’s fault. it’s not the strength coach’s fault. It’s HIS FAULT.
If he wasn’t trying to be the “big dawg” with a weight he was not physically capable of (holding, not just lifting), then he’d be just fine.
I have no strength coach, no spotters, just myself and a cheap power rack in a spare bedroom. I also have a top 3 bench press in the USAPL national rankings. How did I survive this long? By knowing what the fuck I was doing and keeping my ego in check. Simple as that.
Another pampered asshole football player gets a shot of reality.
LMAO! You forgot to add pampered football player from USC! Great use of a second bedroom, btw!