USC RB drops weights on throat; rushed into surgery

I'm surprised things like this don't happen more often.

 

I stopped doing straight bar bench press years ago. Mainly because i don't have a spotter. I prefer the dumbbells plus I had always heard that dumbbells give you a more complete workout. I don't know how many times I would go to the gym and see some dude doing the straight bar bench and bouncing the weight off his chest.

 

This happened to one of my teammates on my h.s. basket ball team, but it rolled off his face instead of smashing his throat, it almost knocked him out, though. That's why your spotter has to pay attention.

 

My goodness. You have to figure a 210-pound athlete like that must have been benching at least 225 or so. Needless to say, that's a lot of fricken weight to just come tumbling down on top of one of the most weak areas of the body.

 

Heh heh heh and things just keep getting worse for Stafon Johnson

 

How is that funny?

 

Really classy there buddy

 

I dropped a 220 lb decline bench barbell on my neck a few years ago. I was lifting by myself around 11PM at night, and my arms gave out. The barbell was resting on my neck for about 10 seconds before other people saw me and they came running to move it off my neck. The gym was pretty empty at that time. I thought I was going to pass out, b/c I couldn't breathe. I was about 170 lbs at the time.

It took me about 4 months to be able to muster the courage to do a decline bench press again.

 

uhh...

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4512778

The article is updated. Says he is unlikely to play again this season, but the prognosis is good and he is expected to make a full recovery. He was treated for crushing injuries to his neck as well as severe injuries to his larynx.

 

I have to say, the Clyde quote is a bit unwarranted in this kind of thread. But at the same time, I commend your perfect execution of emulating the exact type of awkward situation where Clyde originally said it.

 

This is my biggest fear whenever I bench press. A couple of months ago I couldn't get my last rep in (I never have a spotter) and I dropped the barbell on my chest. The weights on one side fell to the ground and created a loud crash. I lost my breath for a while b/c my lungs felt the brunt of the impact.

Man that was truly scary. Hope the kid is alright.

 

I'm a 190 pound overweight, 20+ percent body fat, 37 year old and I work out I work out with 225. I would be guessing he was doing 315 plus. Warren Moon used to work out with 325-350 while doing 15 reps.

 

I see guys work out without spotters all the time and its not safe or effective. If you don't work out until exhaustion then you are not going to get much gain. If you are working out with the proper weight until you can't lift it anymore, you need to have someone there to make sure you don't kill yourself. I can't count the number of times I have had to pull the weight off of someones chest.

When I do workout, I get a spotter for any weight I can't comfortably do 12 reps with. If there isn't a spotter, I use dumbbells, cables, or a machine.

 

Why hasn't someone designed a weight system that gets almost to the chest but stops short?

I mean how much more does that 2 inches matter in weight training?

DD

 

He's a kid. There's a good chance he doesn't have a lot of experience with lifting weights. Also, for him to drop weight on himself could mean ihe was exhausted as in his workout was near it's end. Nobody can speculate on how much he was lifting.

350lb for 15 reps? I call BS. That would probably give him a max bench of 450lb or so.

Or you can do super sets, drop sets, pre-exhaustion, etc. etc.

I'm not saying having a spotter isn't the best way to go but you can certainly build size, strength working out alone if you think a little.

 

It's called a smith machine.

 

*******.

 

This really should not be that hard. If it was adjustable it could be lowered/raised to stop the bar right at the chest. Maybe someone has already done it. I think most people who are worried about injury use a smith machine or machines for their chest workout.

Dumbbells are a good choice too although I have seen accidents happen with those as well.