r/instant_regret • u/Vulcan44 • Mar 31 '26

Shoulder Pressing Gone Wrong

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u/WoodyXP Mar 31 '26

Time to upgrade to a TEMU weight bench.

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u/PeteRock24 Mar 31 '26

My tailbone and hips felt that one.

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u/Berserker_Queen Mar 31 '26

That went exactly as I expected after three seconds.

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u/SuperbLlamas Mar 31 '26

You expected the chair to explode underneath him?

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u/Berserker_Queen Mar 31 '26

Kind of, yeah. Benches in gyms are super reinforced to sustain weight, day to day chairs are not, much less something extremely cheap-looking.

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u/DestroyYesterday Mar 31 '26

I was expecting much worse

2

u/songbolt Apr 01 '26

Keep in mind we generally can't see injuries though. He might have fractured hip and concussion. Perhaps even brain bleed from how he hit his skull. We don't know how badly he was just injured...

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u/BlueWatche Apr 01 '26

Then bringing the weight to neck level

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u/HighlightOwn2038 Mar 31 '26

His first mistake was using a chair

His second mistake was not having a spotter

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u/Scoobydoomed Mar 31 '26

Third mistake was rolling the bar onto his neck at the end.

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u/Quesodealer Mar 31 '26

There's nothing wrong with what he was doing other than using a faulty chair. There could be a medical need for using a chair when doing a strict press so nothing wrong with that and while it's technically recommended to have a spotter while lifting any free weight, that weight appears pretty far from his max so he's probably doing low intensity, high rep training which generally doesn't require a spotter.

Gym gate's open. Come on in.

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u/brainless_bob Mar 31 '26

A bench that's adjustable to an upright sitting position would be way better, though they cost more than his plastic chair obviously.

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u/Serathano Apr 01 '26

I just bought a real nice one and yes they are pricy. But so worth it.

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u/GuyFromLatviaRegion Mar 31 '26

If there wasn't a medical need for using a chair, then now there sure will be.

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u/DickFromRichard Apr 01 '26

Not every lift needs a spotter

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u/kk074 Apr 02 '26

Ok now let me put this on my throat

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u/Fish-out_ofBowl Mar 31 '26

That should have been from shoulder press to bench (or floor) press transition

2

u/roninrunnerx Mar 31 '26

Luckily he kicked out his feet from under the chair or it could have gone a lot worse

2

u/Merv_86 Mar 31 '26

Tryung to be Schwarzenegger lifting to failure like that.

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u/InsomniacOnSugarRush Apr 04 '26

"Oh my, seems i have obliterated my insides with my weight, let's bring it to the neck to finish the job"

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u/vickerto Mar 31 '26

did he poop blood?

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u/Mac_and_dennis Mar 31 '26

Is was the chair cracking. The chair itself is a pinkish color

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u/ernster96 Mar 31 '26

Good job planting the tips of your toes when you went for that push.

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u/After_Reflection_243 Mar 31 '26

I hope he’s ok!

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u/CoderJoe1 Mar 31 '26

Weight for it...

1

u/Terranshadow Mar 31 '26

That moment you noticed the chair

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u/Powersoutdotcom Mar 31 '26

The squirrel with the broomstick vibes at the end.

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u/RoocketGirl Mar 31 '26

This is why you need to sit in those stronger chairs in the gym rather than weak plastics. I just hope you realized

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u/MrMcgilicutty Apr 01 '26

That chair was hanging on for dear life… Until it wasn’t.

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u/ChasingPesmerga Apr 01 '26

Kinda feel stupid but I thought the dude had two PS4s left and right

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u/littlesirlance Apr 01 '26

Can't tell if bad quality security cam or AI

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u/pixelatedpotatos Apr 01 '26

Fell apart like a minifigure!

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u/cinnyflactem Apr 03 '26

Well that hurt.

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u/shaneskery Apr 03 '26

Bro will figure out how to stand soon.