Front Row Development - about time

[daz]

Since when is any spotter on that sort of weights expected to take the full load? They just gotta hope the guy knows what he is doing and doesn't completely destroy himself before putting the weight down.

Ah. So spotter = observer. Good to know.

So they have no real function except perhaps have a claim on the $10K for Funniest Home Video if it all goes (amusingly) wrong?

 

[Cutter]

Hartman - a very good post. I played with a couple of American Eagles who could eat all the Aussie guys for breakfast when it came to gym work, explosive power and speed but who were average rugby players.

 

[DPK]

Christ, I'm such a loser; I was exhausted just watching those 6 reps and now my grammer is under attack....

And I've just voted as a frequent (although a considerate) outdoors pisser as well. Is there no end to my shame?

Evidently not, I'm curious as to what "grammer" is...

Although, I'm in the outdoor pisser category as well. At last, common ground!

 

[daz]

now my grammar is under attack....

Fixed. Fuck a duck; I might as well just go get a mungoball membership......

 

[DPK]

Naaaaaaaah only joshing mate, you're still nowhere near as bad as QC (Quade Cooper)'s grammar...

 

[daz]

True. I'm a Professor of English Literature at Oxford Uni compared to QC (Quade Cooper)........Now I feel better!

 

[Hartman]

Ah. So spotter = observer. Good to know.

So they have no real function except perhaps have a claim on the $10K for Funniest Home Video if it all goes (amusingly) wrong?

Between the spotters they can easily (all things considered) take 260kg. If the lifter fails, he stays under the bar and keeps trying to get it up. The two side spotters will then grab the bar/plates and lift up while the back spotter supports the lifter's torso and pulls him up. The spotters only need to take about 100kg of tension off between them to make it very easy for the lifter to stand back up. And then there's the safety rails in the squat rack as a very last resort.

 

[daz]

If the lifter fails, he stays under the bar and keeps trying to get it up.

Mate, I understand what you are saying, but if the lifter fails, he is going to have the time it takes 260kgs to hit the ground to come to grips with the fact he is about to be one fucked unit...

 

[DPK]

Mate, I understand what you are saying, but if the lifter fails, he is going to have the time it takes 260kgs to hit the ground to come to grips with the fact he is about to be one fucked unit...

Same amount of time as any object.

 

[Hartman]

Mate, I understand what you are saying, but if the lifter fails, he is going to have the time it takes 260kgs to hit the ground to come to grips with the fact he is about to be one fucked unit...

It doesn't hit the ground. It stays on his back. As soon as the spotters notice that he begins to fail (ie the bar moves downwards) they take the bar. Watch the first squat here for an example: [video=youtube;3fj88UB_cxY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fj88UB_cxY[/video]