Weightlifter avoids injury after bar buckles mid-lift - GIF

Weightlifter Joe Sullivan avoids injury after bar buckles mid-lift.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...655#post174464
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...328#post173130

I had to do a double take when I read the name. A weightlifter I am not.

And Joe Sullivan does not use a spotter...

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

And Joe Sullivan does not use a spotter...

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Why don't they hook safety chains to these things or something? Seems like an easy way to avoid dying.

Not good for the knees, is it?

6 plates per side + the bar = 13*45 = 585 pounds.

That's impressive.