Survived a Bench Press failure while solo!

[PMyrrh]

Last night I threw on another 5 lbs to the bar like normal, but it didn't go as planned. I had been carting around Car rotors for about an hour and 150lb was a new PR for reps. Luckily I was able to hold it up with my abs while I took off the lower plates. Think I might look into DIY safetys now, haha.

SURVIVAL!

[bim]

Yay for surviving! I used to do the roll of shame pretty regularly - I've decided to bench more conservatively until that glorious day when I manage to get my own power rack.

An hour of lugging cast metal parts around sounds like a workout in itself!

[Jett]

Heh, well, at least you didn't squash yourself. Free ab workout!

[PMyrrh]

Heh, well, at least you didn't squash yourself. Free ab workout!

It was an ENLIGHTENING experience.

 

Yay for surviving! I used to do the roll of shame pretty regularly - I've decided to bench more conservatively until that glorious day when I manage to get my own power rack.

An hour of lugging cast metal parts around sounds like a workout in itself!

It definitely wasn't ez.

[Vilegrin]

I've had friends leave one side with out a clamp on it so if things went bad they could dumped the weight. Sure it's loud as hell but you can get out from under it.

[PMyrrh]

I've had friends leave one side with out a clamp on it so if things went bad they could dumped the weight. Sure it's loud as hell but you can get out from under it.

I do the same, though the idea is to make stabilization a bigger focus, which I am told helps with form.

[El Exorcisto]

I bench in my power rack. When a bench failure happens it is pretty anticlimactic. I'll never get why most every gym squat rack has safety rails or pins but I've never seen a bench in the wild with any safeties. I've never heard of anyone dying from a failed squat but it's not at all uncommon for someone to get got on the bench.

[Polaris]

I'll never get why most every gym squat rack has safety rails or pins but I've never seen a bench in the wild with any safeties.

I, on the other hand, can't recall ever seeing a bench without safeties. The idea of benching without them seems insane and terrifying to me. Sometimes I would like to do some kind of a poll to research in which countries/continents they tend to put safeties to benches and where they don't.

[Bullroarer Took]

I have only had to do the roll of shame once but I don't push it too hard without a spotter.  It can be scary, especially late night solo.

[Rookiebeotch]

What I use.

1200lb static load capacity per side. Collapsible. Adjustable. Can drill into it to attach dip handles. Doubles as a pair of sawhorses for my workshop.

[El Exorcisto]

What I use.

1200lb static load capacity per side. Collapsible. Adjustable. Can drill into it to attach dip handles. Doubles as a pair of sawhorses for my workshop.

 

I used a pair of tall sawhorses as my first squat stands. Oh, the good old days...