always trust your spotters...

[Aimee Anaya Everett]

...or this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJCDcAKShA) may happen

[Rick Deckart]

He was lucky, 10 cm closer to the chin and he could have been dead... Reminds me of the old saying: "I'd rather be lucky than good..."

http://members.cox.net/classicalaxe/BPaccident/brooze.jpg

[Chuck Kechter]

YIKES!

Reminds me of when I first started lifting (1979). I was working out at Rocky Mountain Health Club... Went in, started warming up. There was guy working bench (with a spotter) for multiple sets. He was probably on his fourth or fifth set as I finished my warm up and started working some MP. I wasn't paying him much attention, so I don't know how it happened, but, somehow he dropped the bar across his lower jaw, breaking it, as well as losing several teeth -- the spotter had to pull the weight off him. Blood everywhere... It was quite a mess...

[Garrett Smith]

Dude, benching to your throat/clavicles really emphasizes the chest...assuming you can still breathe after the accident!

[Allen Yeh]

Holy cow...ow.

[James R. Climer]

If you think bench pressing is
dangerous, you should hear what
people who have zilch OL experience
say about its dangers! Scary.

What is so hard about benching
in a cage with safety bars?

[Robb Wolf]

The thumb-less bench grip almost won brother-man a Darwin award.

[Kevin Perry]

Well, that must have hurt a little bit i'd say.

[Yuen Sohn]

Yikes! Pretty disturbing, though I was relieved this wasn't another leg-snapping-during-the-squat vid.

btw, gold stars???

[Scott Kustes]

The thumb-less bench grip almost won brother-man a Darwin award.
That was the first thing I noticed too. Darwin narrowly misses.