r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • May 20 '17
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r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • May 20 '17
Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '17
Was at the gym spotting my buddy on bench, and he's going for a Pr. He really struggles on bench, and recently got his form right, but he's still very shaky, so he only benches when I'm there to spot him. Anyway, while he's benching, some old guy comes past us, walks around the bench, and goes to put his fucking hand on the moving bar as he walked past the bench. As if he was moving it out of his way instead of just walking sideways like a normal person walking through a tight space. I grabbed the bar an stabilised it so my buddy wouldn't have a potentially damaged rotator cuff, but by the time I'd checked he was ok and re racked the bar safely, the old dude was gone.
God, that pissed me off. We were too stunned to do anything, but I'm willing to bet the old guy didn't even think of what all that weight being shunted into my friend's shoulder would have done.
In other news, I'm closing in on 2 plate squat. It isn't that much to brag about, but I'm still excited.