Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Spotter

spamalope
spamalope
Posts: 149
Joined: 2004/12/20
United States
2005/03/22, 01:13 PM
Not that we probably need any support for the need of a spotter, but:

http://sports.excite.com/news/03222005/v3729.html



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Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2005/03/22, 02:49 PM
Well, last week when I finished my 3 rep (135lbs) on bbell incline press I had complete muscle failure (fatigue) because I didn't do my warm up set low enough. I didn't have a spotter and had to let the weight roll slowly down to the floor as I couldn't tip it. Luckily it was only 135 as I am 170.
Goes to show though from the article we are all at risk.
Smith machine works well in place of a spotter.

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Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet!
Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press.

Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada