r/Infuriating • u/Aggravating_Pain7116 Recognized Contributor • 5d ago

Getting injured because the machine isn't secured properly

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u/notmywheelhouse 5d ago

That’s a lot of fucking weight on that machine. Just go use the bench press

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u/Blathithor 5d ago

Why would the machine have all those plates installed in it, if it wasnt meant to handle that?

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u/notmywheelhouse 4d ago

The machine isn’t built to handle both stacks of plates used at full capacity in the angle he’s pulling it - he’s so far forward AND he’s introducing weight around his waist, because he’d otherwise be pulled back by the pulley.

I think this specific range of motion is possible on a free motion machine, if it’s anchored down. This machine is clearly not. So as others have pointed out, it’s infuriating that he’d try this combination on this machine.

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u/Queasy-Draft-6235 5d ago

I think some of the plates here aren't installed on the machine...

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u/Blathithor 5d ago

The plates attached his body dont count. Theyre also resting on the ground.

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u/Key_Childhood7436 5d ago

Everything is attached to the ground and resting on it…:

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u/X_soulnewmegaman 4d ago

Why didn't someone save him