FEAR IN THE GYM

>>41227521
>24/7 access gym
>go late as fuck
>alone
>max out bench
>fail
>thisishowidie.jpeg
>manage to squiggle out
>happened to me again another time
not a fun feeling at all

>>41227711

Smiliar story here

>doing bench after heavy squats
>fatigued af
>doing my max, 5 reps last set
>push out 3 easy
>4th wobbly arms
>concentrate and push the 5th
>at that moment 3 idiots run in and one of them drops their water bottle down the stairs in the gym
>this distracts me
>bar starting to lower itself towards my face
>manage to rack it on the lowest of the 3 hook pairs, about 5cm from my face

I am afraid to bench now.

First time using monolift. Forget that I am benching 265 throw the weight back. Luckily it lands on hooks before I let go. Almost split my skull open. Yay

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>morning of 9th june 2008
>wake up, normal day, take day off from work to continue writing book
>finish one chapter
>decide to go to gym
>bicep curls, squats all that normal shit
>decide to leg press
>pic related happens to right leg

fucking never again leg press
thankfully i made a full recovery

>>41227521
>few years ago
>heavy cutting since i had started dropping from 300+ lbs and eating better
>working out late at night
>going heavy on deadlifts, pulling 390ish (that was an all time PR for me)
>get it up once, slam it down
>stand back up too quick and get dizzy
>remember stumbling and blacking out
>almost crashed my head into the cable machine

don't think they would have enjoyed finding me in the morning, lol

>>41227846
kek how the fuck does this even happen?

>>41227903
locked my knee when i was talking to a friend, got distracted by one of his shitty jokes

>Working out a few years back..
>Gf trains with me
>Teach her good form, good rep schemes etc.
>We spot each other on major lifts
>Benching 230 3x5
>Always tell gf how to pull weight off (Dont touch till you see weight moving back down without lockout)
>5th rep of the last set
>Stall a little past mid way up
>Weight coming down.. coming down.. coming down..
>Yell at gf.. she cant pull from my chest and im too gased to push at all..
>Do the ole tiparoosky
>People stare as weight coming flying off bar to the ground
>Yell at her profusely for not paying attention
>Luckily im not retarded and I sat the weight back to my chest and not my throat
>My already existing fear of bench press is now higher..
>Thank you GF

>>41227521
>year ago
>be DYEL to the max
>shit bench form and weak shoulders
>coach voice inside my head going "don't be a pussy, one more rep!"
>right shoulder locks
>no pain but impossible to move the whole arm
>stuck with the bar about two inch above chest
>can't rerack
>make autistic noises hoping for help
>it's bring your DYEL day at my gym so everyone too busy with meme bands and shit to notice
>end up tipping the weight with my left arm
>get on my side on the bench and crack my shoulder loudly,it's moving again
>get back up and see like 20 people staring like in shock like I got hit by a truck or something

still nervous when I bench to this day

>>41228419
Don't worry anon, I'll take that load off your hands! Give me her number

>>41229075
nice