I know it's not safe, but what if it is literally impossible to get a spotter? Say someone is living tens of miles from the nearest gym. Will using the no clips, slide the weight off each side work? I'm just wondering whether moving out into the woods will kill my gains.
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Do you not have a car?
I don't want to spend 30-60 minutes driving to the gym. Driving round trip will be longer than my workout ffs
Are those just as good as a spotter?
( ;´ - `;)
Okay good. Just wanted to make sure I'm not going to die from it.
Eventually I might bench something that will be heavy enough so I get stuck.
nice
>just as good
they're better, I've seen literally dozens of webms of people's spotters fricking up or just not being able to grab it because they just dropped the bar on their neck
the whole concept of spotters is moronic when safeties exist
>Eventually I might bench something that will be heavy enough so I get stuck.
Not an answer. I had to rescue some guy who got stuck under 115lbs.
Topkek. Sound of just let natural selection take its course
Fricking this.
>Eventually I might bench something that will be heavy enough so I get stuck.
And please return when you can bench something, buddy.
Just get some safeties for gods sake.
This. I don't understand this obsession with spotters. Maybe it's an American thing.
leave one rep in the tank + roll of shame
>tfw spotting without a bencher
You'll be fine as long as you use no clips. If you get stuck tilt the bar until the weights fall off on at least one side. You should be able to escape then. It's just a really shameful action lol
How much are you benching?
Worst case you can just DB bench?
I've only had to do this once. Was in my old gym during covid late at night and the only other guy refused to spot me cause of social distancing. I failed the last rep so lifted my legs up and pretty much power cleaned it off and onto the floor.
Get a fricking monolift attachment and normal safeties you homosexual.
Or do you need a spotter for an excuse to interact with a guy you find hot?
Use a smith machine.
people die from that anon
Safety has its price.
Just bench without collars on the end. If you are really in a life or death situation you can tip one end and the plates will slide right off.
People who use clips on a bench are complete morons who deserve it. Why are you using clips? What possible benefit is there? Why can't you keep the bar more than 80 degrees parallel to the floor?
I like how clips look and would rather die than lift an unaesthetic barbell
I don't even have a proper bench
If you're going to die from failing a 95 bench please record it so it can be used as a warning to get others to lift
I can only do 30kg because a lot of energy gets lost during the process of bringing the dumbell in position to bench. I just make it very slowly and lots of repetitions, I pay attention to every muscle and to do it right. I'm actually pretty satisfied with how it works out, sometimes limitations can be good, too.
Huh, never seen triangular plates before
... are you moronic?
Are you?
>'no u'
Holy shit anon
just put safeties on and never clip just in case
Frick safeties. Just don't lift heavier than you can handle or roll of shame.
I was going to call you an evermediate but then I realized I was being too generous by assuming you're above 2 pl8.
>too moronic to roll
>not benching until faliure
ngmi
>benching so much you can't lift it the 1cm needed to roll it off you
Yngmi past 25
The fear of death compells you.
it does not
you literally have other people saying "hurr just never lift any amount you are unsure you can do", not having any safety net just stops people from pushing themselves as hard as they could
you cannot progress in any meaningful fashion like that
If you're lifting more than you can roll of shame, you're vastly overestimating your abilities and maybe deserve death
Then fear kicks in and you falter. Thats the best part! I love that part!
>REEE IM GUNNA DIE!
>*farts while death grunting*
Learn how to do the roll of shame. Anybody should be able to roll 315 off of them.
put some hooks on the ceiling and use ropes
is not that hard
ROPES?
Learn to throw barbell off yourself properly
>linkrel
Yes no clips and dump the weight. Had to dump 405 once. It was in my home gym so no big deal.
There ya go, do that OP. One side will falter more anyway.
>just roll it off you bro!
convinced you guys just have a shitty gym with a israeli owner that won't buy safeties and think it's easier to cope that not using safeties is le based and chadpilled than to find a new one
>will dumping plates work
Yes if the sides are unobstructed. But there's a method to slide out from under a clipped bar.
>safety arms
An option
>DB press
An option
>incline press
An option
You are lifting too much weight. There is no need to bench press so much you can’t even lift it off you in any way.
>will using the no clips, slide the weight off each side work?
yes, and if people give you shit for dropping weights on the floor, tell them to frick off
>but what if it is literally impossible to get a spotter
god will be your spotter