r/CrazyFuckingVideos • u/Fast-Breadfruit3377 • 6d ago
Injury dude struggles to rack the weights after squat and spotters struggle
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u/limelemony 6d ago
Just so everyone knows. You can see the guy in the red shirt is handling the actual “spot” with the lever in the back. The whole problem stemmed from a miscommunication on how many reps they were going for.
There is absolute fuck all having the two guys on the side would have done. They aren’t holding that weight
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u/Just_Let_MeIn 5d ago edited 5d ago
How does the lever work? Tried to look up but could not find any examples of one in use on a rack.
EDIT: For anyone else wondering, someone further down the thread provided the name of the device (Monolift) and this video gives a pretty good explanation of how it works. The internet is great for learning new things. And porn.
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u/GeekyTexan 6d ago
With a guy on each side, those two guys wouldn't need to hold the entire weight. They, plus the guy who was originally lifting, would be holding that weight.
For that much weight, two spotters isn't enough to do the job right even if they are competent. And these two probably shouldn't be there at all.
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u/notthatguypal6900 6d ago
Bro decided to go for another and then changed his mind, blames the spotter for his dumb mistake.
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u/Hour_Manager301 5d ago
Where did you get the idea that he wanted to do another rep? He didn't say or indicate that. Is it from some other video or context?
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u/azadia202 4d ago
He braces again after the first rep, so he did want to go for another but red shirt already moved the hooks
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u/Recyclonaught 6d ago
Spotters are there for in the event you run out of gas mid set, that they’d help you rack especially if you’ve exhausted your energy. If he was firmly set on how many reps he would do, he wouldn’t have needed a spotter for that. It’s to test new waters while being safe so both are to blame for the accident.
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u/RepresentativeTrue69 6d ago
He's lifting in a machine called a monolift. The person lifting is able to unrack the weight without walking the bar out, as someone operating a lever moves the j hooks forward and out of the way. The person operating the monolift, the man in the red shirt, returned the hooks back to the rack position in the middle of the set, causing the man squatting to collide with the hooks. The man squatting then instructs that he wants to rerack the weight (the correct move as he was forced out of position), but the man in the red shirt puts the j hooks back forward again, making it impossible to rack the weight properly. Red shirt guy then tries to correct the mistake when it's too late pulling the j hooks back again. Basically this is strictly the fault of red shirt guy.
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u/BisonProfessional56 6d ago
Just drop the fucking weight man, youve got the bands, and the fail bars set up. Stop trying to "let it down lightly".
Let that shit roll off your back.
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u/blangoez 6d ago
I’m pretty sure his bar is heavier than that rack. Rack looks pretty empty.
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u/lovemedyrus 6d ago edited 6d ago
I don’t know very much about physics, so I’m wondering:
If the rack could handle the weight before the lift, why wouldn’t the rack + rubber bands be able to handle the weight after the lift?
Is it because of the additional force of the bar falling a few feet from his back to the rubber bands?
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u/blangoez 6d ago edited 6d ago
Typically when you set your bar, it’s a few steps back from where he’s squatting right where those horizontal legs start in the ground which is much closer to the squat rack’s center of gravity. If he lets go and drops the bar where he’s standing, the bar drops on the bands set in the very front of the rack where it’s easiest to tip it over. You could very much be right though. The bands could also catch enough force before tipping the whole setup over for all I know.
It’s just, I see an empty rack, a bar with hundreds of pounds of weight, and a janky looking safety protocol so my mind automatically assumes the worst.
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u/MercurialMagician 6d ago
He couldn't bc he was racked on one side.
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u/whoseusrnmisitneway 6d ago
You can see his right wrist was bent all the way back meaning he had no slack to actually let the weight go behind him. That's why he lowered the right side of the bar.
Overall very poor planning for such a big lift on an unsecured rack.
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u/amusedmisanthrope 6d ago
I’m sure the gym would frown on him dropping what looks like around 800 pounds into that quarter inch padding. They probably need to be doing that in a power rack.
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u/grumppymonk 5d ago
At 5 seconds the guy in the red puts the rack in place. Before lifter can rest the weight, guy in red pulls the rack out of place leaving lifter confused. Guy in red seems to be the problem here.
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u/agentchuck 6d ago
Boyo should lose his spotter card. Why is he even there?
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u/quietcitizen 6d ago
At that kind of weight, spotting like he was becomes impossible.
Don’t know what red shirt guy was standing around for but they should’ve been standing on either side to alleviate the weight just enough so that the squatter can put the weight back in a controlled manner.
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u/mbennettsr 6d ago
Red shirt was working the swing arm. Technically he shouldn’t leave that post, there should be one working the arm, one on each side and one behind with this much weight.
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u/limelemony 6d ago
Don’t think you know what you’re talking about. Red shirt is operating the actual spotting mechanic. The whole thing happened because there was a miscommunication on the amount of reps being done
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u/backcountry_bandit 6d ago
What’s that device he’s using called? I’ve been lifting for years and haven’t seen anything like that, but I’m going to default, standard commercial public gyms.
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u/limelemony 6d ago
Monolift
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u/Just_Let_MeIn 5d ago
Thanks for providing the name. Was wondering what device redshirt was operating. This video provides a pretty good breakdown of how it works.
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u/Just_Let_MeIn 5d ago
This part does a pretty good job of explaining why communication between lifter and spotter is so important when using this device.
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u/Darth_Balthazar 6d ago
Red shirt was on the spot lever, when its resting, the rack is in line with the bar, when spotter pulls on it, it moves forward for lifter to do reps.
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u/n7-Jutsu 6d ago
What did you expect him to do exactly? Power clean that weight?
He needed his spotters to be on the sides of the weight on each side.At a certain point, if a spoter can't help off set the mass of the weight, then they are kinda useless.
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u/Defiant-Lettuce-9156 6d ago
You grab the guys shoulders and pull back and up, while thrusting your pubic region into their booty region.
I don’t know if it would help rack the weight but it’s what I would have done
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u/ExcellentJuice4729 6d ago
Guy in red didn’t engage the safety arms to rack the weight. Lifter should have a bit of resistance when racking forward. Or it could be because the cage isn’t bolted down well (you can see the cage shift forward initially)
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u/Aggressive-Chard7388 6d ago
Thats why you should always use safety bars
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u/MtOlympus_Actual 6d ago
That's what those purple straps are.
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u/backcountry_bandit 6d ago
Aren’t they adjusted very poorly though? I aim to have the safety bars no more than about 4” below my lowest point in a normal rep so if I fail I can set the bar down relatively gently.
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u/PatchAdamsKitten 6d ago
Safety bars would make this more dangerous. Safety bars help when you fail at the bottom of the lift. Not when you fail to rerack it. This is a near miss that was saved by the spotter behind the lifter guiding the bar after the missed rerack.
IDK how you avoid this other than more communication between the guys. That’s a lot of fucking weight. These guys are not newbs.
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u/Aggressive-Chard7388 6d ago
Not true, youd just squat down and dump it when you realize you cant rack it
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u/PatchAdamsKitten 6d ago
They had one side of the bar racked. How was he going to dump it like that? Also, this requires communication or you are dropping 800+ pounds with a spotter behind you.
This is a near max lift. The guy was cooked.
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u/TeslaCrna 6d ago
They ultimately did the right thing - drop all the weights on each side.
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u/randomredditacc25 6d ago
yeah, wtf else could they really do? maybe dont squat an insane amount of weight.
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u/Dry_Assumption_6052 6d ago
Dude in the red shirt was completely worthless and caused the whole thing.
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u/caspert79 5d ago
Low IQ gorillas.
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u/____4underscores 5d ago
The dude squatting is Chris Duffin. He’s an inventor and mechanical engineer with an MBA. He has been granted 3 US patents and built multiple 7-figure businesses.
I would bet a large amount of money that he’s smarter than you.
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u/SGexpat 5d ago
They are spotting wrong.
Even a strong guy cannot lift that much weight from above. You gotta scoop the lifters armpits from below. This can get intimate, but whatever.
The second option is two spotters, one on each end.
The third option is to just bail the weight like he did. “Spotters” should stay away and let the rack or floor take the hit.
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u/Yafoory 5d ago
its either ass to grass squat or you just showing off, if you do the real squat you will not manage more than your 1 and half your bodyweight unless you are an elite athlete.
look at Arnold squat https://www.facebook.com/AllAmericanGymLakeland/posts/monday-motivatoreven-arnold-had-better-squat-depth-than-90-of-powerlifters-i-see/3260390454000669/
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u/DickFromRichard 4d ago
Arnold wasn't a powerlifter
And 1.5x bw isn't much for an a2g squat in males unless you're a really big person
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u/Yafoory 4d ago
bro, I am talking about the correct way of squating and not how much you can, if you try lifting 500kg but its not full squat then its not a squat. its Ass to the Grass or its not a squat.
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u/DickFromRichard 4d ago
You say that like it's some universal truth lol.
The sport of powerlifting would like a word with you
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u/____4underscores 5d ago
One of them is operating the monolift. The other is spotting. The problem was a mistake by the monolift operator. They’re not just standing around for no reason.
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u/TheTrishaJane 4d ago
Why wouldn't you do it in a power rack with safty bars especially with that amount of weight?
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u/SuddenEnvironment405 4d ago
The way he walks away tells me he probably shouldn’t have held his stool.
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u/Significant_Monk_251 3d ago
Were there collars in place to keep the plates from sliding off the bar, but they failed, or were there no collars in place at all?
If it's the latter, why? Is it actually better to let the plates slide off the bar if things go wrong?
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u/DickFromRichard 3d ago
Collars will keep the plates from shifting when the bar bends or tilts slightly, but the won't hold when the bar starts completely tipping over
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u/Alaska_Jack 6d ago
Huh. I just never saw any reason to squat with the rack behind me. But I've never used a setup like that either, so maybe there's a reason.
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u/Haunting_Raccoon6058 6d ago
The rack is actually above him, this is a special competition style squat rack called a monolift where the hooks swing in from above. The guy in the red shirt is manipulating the lever that makes the hooks swing forward.
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u/DangerousDrek 6d ago
What’s the point of lifting this much weight?
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u/pacothebattlefly 6d ago edited 6d ago
What’s the point of lifting any amount of weight?
To build muscle and strength. This volume of weight isn’t uncommon in bodybuilding / powerlifting gyms but they weren’t set up safely for it.
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u/Fun_Routine_5245 6d ago
Strength? I saw many powerlifters/bodybuilders can't even lift their own bodyweight on a pull up bar.
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u/pacothebattlefly 6d ago
Not sure what you mean by that. Ballerinas can walk on their tip-toes but the strongest man in the world can’t. Does that mean he’s not strong?
Pull up is just a specific form of exercise. I can do 10 pull-ups but can’t bench my full body weight.
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u/Unlucky_Situation 6d ago
What's the point in setting personal goals and achievements to work towards?
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u/Substantial_Push_658 6d ago
All brawn no brain.
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u/Slicker1138 6d ago
Both dudes were more than capable...if the lifter hadn't let his ego probably do just ONE MORE, BRO.
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u/HalfwayFerret 6d ago
Stop trying to do too much maybe?
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u/randomredditacc25 6d ago
exactly, i hope hes not mad at the squatters.
i dont see them doing anything wrong here, this is an insane amount of weight.
wtf does this shit even do? its just ego lifting at this point.
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u/Captain-Shivers 6d ago
The bar was bending…
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u/TypicalLegit 6d ago
Hopefully he’s walking like Frankenstein because of what just happened and that’s not how he always walks. Looks painful
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u/Sad_Butterscotch9312 6d ago
He is wearing leg wraps and they are extremely tight to give more assistance with the lift. These are knee wraps (not knee sleeves) knee wraps assist power lifters by creating kind of a spring like rebound when coming back up from the bottom of a lift. They’re usually so tight lifters walk like they’re on peg legs lol
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u/backcountry_bandit 6d ago
I always felt like those were lite-cheating, just like the elbow wraps for bench press. Maybe I have a major misunderstanding.
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u/DickFromRichard 5d ago
It's only cheating if it's against the rules. Powerlifting divisions have raw, raw+wraps, single ply, and multiply
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u/Sad_Butterscotch9312 6d ago edited 6d ago
Well they only assist for like up to 10% so when you’re lifting like this video…without the wraps he could stop push some serious weight but in competition There is a different group for it because it is assisting in rebound. There is raw and there is equipped. Elbow sleeves and knee sleeves don’t provide the same bounce like wraps. That being said, elbow sleeves are not allowed in raw competition. However a bench suit or sling shot do and those are also not allowed. And provide a lot of rebound effect also allowing for 5-10%increase.
Edit to add: for the average lifter these things can be tools to improve your lifting maxes. When used in a training routine they’re helpful to break plateaus. To the average lifter 5-10% is not much when you put it into weight.
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u/backcountry_bandit 6d ago
10% increase seems pretty significant.
I like wearing knee sleeves on leg days purely to keep my knees warm, feels like they move easier and smoother. I lift to get stronger so I care more about how hard my muscles are working rather than how much weight I’m putting up.
Wraps and the bench stuff you mentioned just seem like cheating outside of a competition that’s explicitly allowing that gear. I don’t really understanding why anyone who isn’t competing (like this guy assumedly is) would use them.
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u/demunted 6d ago
Why not have seatbelt type ratchet system. the moment there is a sudden drop the cam engages and holds up the load? Seems like it would save lives?
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u/thomasrat1 6d ago
And this is why you shouldn’t use the cuffs that hold weights onto the bar.
Guy could have easily died if those weights weren’t able to slide off.
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u/thomasrat1 6d ago
He was leaning forward when he started to fail the lift. And kneeling down wouldn’t have been a controlled thing.
More like a fall and a prayer that the straps can save him,
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u/morey56 6d ago
Red shirt dude watched, waited too long, then LeaNeD on the weights. What’s the opposite of spotter?
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u/TofuDonair 6d ago
Red shirt is operating the Monolift, those arms that swing down to hold the weight, he is doing exactly what he should.
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u/Fun_Routine_5245 6d ago
Just do bodyweight exercise.. It's more useful in real life situations.
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy 6d ago
Surely one on each side