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Posted by Tom Allred
on October 29, 2009, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Re: There should not be ANY bench press events held without the safety rails"
This should set a standard for other feds to follow.
--Previous Message--
: It is in the NASA rule book that benchpress
: safety stands should be used.
:
: However, it is also in the rule book that
: every warmup station must have 600 lbs. of
: warmup weight.
:
: This is fairly important, and I have heard
: that after January 1st, 2010, no NASA meet
: will be sanctioned without benchpress safety
: stands, much in the same way that the
: deadlift socks rule began being enforced on
: January 1st, 2009, without exception.
: (Deadlift sock rule was there since 1/1/07,
: but people were allowed to use duct tape on
: their shins, etc., and then this year it
: began being strictly enforced)
:
: Tom, I don't think you will find any
: arguments in NASA, and 100% of our meets
: will probably have some form of safety
: stands beginning in 2010.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I spotted at a meet this past weekend and
: there was a near tragedy. An experienced
: lifter came to the bench opener with
: something he had done before. I am not sure
: of the bar weight, but it was decent. 500
: plus I guess.
:
: The guy came down with the weight and his
: left tricep tore off. Now it's just dead
: weight. It hit his chin, thankfully and we
: were able to catch it before it got his
: throat. I had my hands under the bar, as
: close as I could without touching. I could
: not have reacted any faster. Had it hit his
: throat and not his chin, my reaction would
: not have been fast enough.
:
: I think it's unacceptable that safety rails
: are not in place at every meet. Many meets
: are using chains for the squat, which is
: less dangerous than the bench in my opinion.
: The meet director is a good friend of mine
: and he is going to be using rails from now
: on.
:
: This was NOT a NASA meet. Opinions? Agree
: or disagree? I am new to spotting and
: loading so I am sure people have seen many
: things much worse, but this one stuck with
: me.
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