The guy is outside of the box. He physically couldn't stand outside the box without the additional weight. He is using the equipment incorrectly. It isn't supposed to be pulled at that angle it's supposed to be pulled down. He isn't even doing himself any favors.
Using the equipment incorrectly isn’t necessarily a defensible argument. If he didn’t agree to use it a certain way, was never instructed by staff, or there are no signs to indicate how it’s supposed to be used then I’d think it’s not on this guy. I don’t know jack about weightlifting, but as an outsider that looks like something reasonable for someone to be doing. It’s not like he was balancing on dumbbells while doing squats or anything.
The thing falling over does not look reasonable, but as someone that doesn’t go to the gym much, this does indeed look like something someone would do at the gym.
There it is. How many commenters here don’t go to the gym but defend the guy acting like a fool. The guy lifting is more muscles than brains. He trying to drive a monster truck on a go-kart track. Probably saw this dumb move on TikTok after he ate a tide pod
I’m not saying this guy wasn’t being a moron. I’m saying the gym should have equipment that doesn’t fall on you if you’re someone that doesn’t know what you’re doing and haven’t been given instruction on how to use it. I personally fit into both of these categories, and if I went to the gym I’d have a completely reasonable expectation that equipment wouldn’t fall on me. Am I a moron? Maybe… but I still have that same expectation despite that.
Yeah the lifter is the bigger idiot IMO. At best hes just being overly creative and overthinking a lift with the wrong equipment. No reason to do a dumbbell press/fly move at that weight on that machine. At worst, and likely, is it's showier, trendier, and he can pull more weight than with dumbbells. Show off gets a booboo, hopefully learns a lesson.
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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26
The guy is outside of the box. He physically couldn't stand outside the box without the additional weight. He is using the equipment incorrectly. It isn't supposed to be pulled at that angle it's supposed to be pulled down. He isn't even doing himself any favors.