Bench press close call after barbell slips from mans grip - GIF

[Altair]

Bench press close call after barbell slips from mans grip.




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[mansworld]

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

[Gadgeteer]

Saved by a Ghost.

[Frank S]

He's lucky someone had the forethought to have the safety bars properly adjusted. not everyone does and many benches don't even have them

[mansworld]

Saved by the bench press safety catches.

Saved by a Ghost.

[bob_3000]

He's lucky someone had the forethought to have the safety bars properly adjusted. not everyone does and many benches don't even have them

Nah, pretty much everyone playing with that kind of weigh in a professional gym now a days has them.

[Frank S]

Nah, pretty much everyone playing with that kind of weigh in a professional gym now a days has them.

Shows how little I know about gyms. The only gym I've ever been in was a Goulds looking for one of my drivers who was supposed to be on the road not goofing off in a pretty boy palace, if he felt he wasn't getting enough exercise in his job he could have lumped his own loads instead of hiring it out.
BTW I didn't notice any of the safety bars on the bench he was using but his coach or spotter of whatever those guys are called looked like he had scored a few too many steroids

[Gadgeteer]

Saved by the bench press safety catches.

"Ghost" is the brand of bench press safety catches that caught the bar.

[Hoosiersmoker]

"Ghost" is the brand of bench press safety catches that caught the bar.

Great name for them!

That guy needs to work on hand strength a little more. You're only as strong as your weakest part and that was this guys hands!