He wont be doing that again.

And that, kids, is why you don't put locks on your bar when you don't need them.

Looks like someone needs to invest in a power rack.

Fucking retard.

That wasn't funny.

The irony is too much...good friend of mine last night while watching football mentioned he does this alone at home. Room full of friends were silent, yes he's getting this in his inbox

His parents are bloody deaf, though.

Yup! When you do benchpress you should never have locks on the bar. That way you can slide the weights of on one side in case you fail.

One would think a couple of hooks or pins at the base of the rack at a point *just* enough to slide one's head out would be advantageous. You could hook up one side at a time and at least get out.

Least he was far enough up the bench to avoid getting it in the neck.

Actually you could injure yourself a lot worse if you tilted the bar so that the weight on one side fell off.

don't overload the bar if you can't lift it or get a spotter. Otherwise just lift what you can lift. if you can't flex then it's too much weight. nothing wrong with training alone if you know what you're doing. this guy obviously doesn't.

In my younger/dumber days I did this to myself. Not a big deal. Unless the bar is stupidly heavy, rest it on your chest then 'roll' it down to your hips. At that point you can sit up and either dump it to one side or continue to roll down and past your knees at which point you can stand up. Awkward and uncomfortable -- you'll compress your abdomen and it might be hard on the hips -- but not impossible.

Can't tell if you're a troll or you just have never lifted before. Do you even lift?

*fear

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Why do you guys assume he's alone? Dad was there just waiting for him to get 1 lift.

Nice job noodle arms!

Never really understood the point of benchpressing. Wouldn't pull-ups and push-ups accomplish the same thing while requiring significantly less equipment and far less risk?

Jesus christ.....

If that thing had slipped at the end when his neck was in the little triangle, he was DEAD. This video creeped me the hell out. Very lucky.

Only up to a certain weight, do a push-up on a scale to see what that weight is. If you want to go heavier, which most people in the gym do... you need bench-press. But if you can't even do 8-10 push-ups, then you're right, you don't need a bench.