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Posted by NASA Rules Guy on October 29, 2009, 1:53 pm, in reply to "I applaud that"
One should keep in mind, of course, that nothing is foolproof. Even with safety stands, the weld could break.
My belief, however, is that between the safety stands and our NASA spotters, NASA is about the safest place to lift.
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: This should set a standard for other feds to
: follow.
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: It is in the NASA rule book that benchpress
: safety stands should be used.
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: However, it is also in the rule book that
: every warmup station must have 600 lbs. of
: warmup weight.
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: 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)
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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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