posted Sat, 04/12/2014 - 07:54
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Importance of a Spotter
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Okay guys i jus had a good friend of mine completely tear his peck and shoulder out. He told me the spotter he had was wearing head phones and not paying attention when this happened. Bad choice on his part but, it was def preventable if the other guy was focused on his duty as a spotter!
So, that being said we should always give our fellow gym rats the attention and help that they need when asked too! Just a shout out to everyone and a lil reminder of the gym CODE.
Would like to hear all your thoughts on this topic!
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Training with a spotter is fantastic for the competitive edge but I much prefer to train alone in a darkened room with loud music bouncing off the walls concentrating on perfect form and lifting 70-80% of my max lifts and not working out the ego.
Maybe this is due to the people I've trained with over the years..
I agree. I cleaned up my form, dropped the weight and started putting on size. Whole point of bb is to look good, no one really gives a fuck what ur bench is. I do like going to a gym though just cuz it gives ya a little more drive and theres tail to look at and pick up.
Even worse then a bad spotter is a pos that ask for a spot with 500 or 600 pounds squating and then instead of letting u help pushing it up, the motherfucker dumps it. Cocksucking pos. Fucking tore him up. If I hadn't felt it coming...
A good spotter is great. And hard to come by. But the gym heroes drive me crazy. They're the guy that comes running over and tries pulling the weight off. If they were needed cool. But I've never needed one there just always seems to be that one guy that wants to run over and save a life if you rest the bar on your chest. Yesterday's hero was 135 pound guy that felt the need to tell me how important clamps are on a hammer strength machine.
The irony of it is this guy is never a regular or in halfway decent shape
That definitely sucks for your buddy.
either being asked to give or get a spot, I treat this request with the utmost respect it deserves. your story proves this point, as I have witnessed a few costly mistakes myself. in doing so I'm very particular who I ask to help, and I'm one to never put limitations on another person however I've also declined to spot for someone on a few occasions due to the fact these young guys had no business attempting such lifts especially for BB purposes.
This one is also good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il28ujEo_5Q
He needs a membership at PF, so he could hit the Smith machine. Lol
Haha, he tried to play it off so poorly
Neither one of them should have been doing what they were doing! Lol
That is some scary shit. That reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKayxbSLdzs
"Back is the legs of the upper body. I treat back like my girlfriends, ignore them and watch them disappear." That shit was funny!
Great clip! LoL
Only worth having a spotter if they actually know what they're doing.
True. I hate when people who don't know what they are doing ask for a spot and then can't even realistically do near the weight they are asking for a spot on. In turn you end up damn mere killing yourself trying to get this person a rep and they yell one more.....I'm like really??? All about going heavy but be realistic and safe about it and leave the ego at the door
Im starting to see the importance of a spotter, have been training for strengh lately and without a spotter I will not attempt a weight I am uncertain with, which in turn has really stalled my progress but its not worth risking injury. I do ask for random spots but at the corporate gym I train at there are few people there I feel comfortable with asking to spot me with something heavy.
A good training partner/spotter is hard to come by.
I feel the same way Grimey! Miss my boys in the military they were great workout partners and understood the importance of it.
Good spotters are hard to come by. I feel you have 3 kinds.....the guy that helps way too much, the guy that will let u almost die before he helps, then then"perfect spotter". Someone who knows just how much to help without killing you and without lifting it for you.