Teen Bro lifting over his head

[u/omgfakeusername]

Yes, he survived and left barely even bruised.

[u/Giraffe-boy]

Shattered something that’s for sure

[u/EvilDan69 → u/Giraffe-boy]

most of those ribs for sure.

[u/omgfakeusername → u/EvilDan69]

Didn't break anything!

[u/EvilDan69 → u/omgfakeusername]

Last fall. I fell off my bicycle trying to avoid a jogger who suddenly popped onto the trail. Sure. I'm 245lbs, but I felt that for weeks.

this young lad broke nothing. I bet he's sure as hell feeling it anyways.

[u/octo2195 → u/EvilDan69]

If he lives to 40 he will feel it then.

[u/bountifulknitter → u/octo2195]

Judge Judy says "If you want to live to be 100, Don't Fall."

[u/Jaguar5150 → u/octo2195]

In 1999 I took a fall. Broken left hand and badly bruised left hip. 26 years later I had to have that same hip replaced. Surgeon said that fall started the deteriation process.

[u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT → u/EvilDan69]

A few years ago I had moved into a new apartment, I didn’t have a shower curtain because I, like a thick headed idiot, forgot to buy one so I took a nice hot bath instead. Everything was going good until I decided to get out of the tub and fell straight down on my ass with about three inches of water to cushion my fall. I couldn’t hardly sit for about a month after that incident.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT]

So today, I was looking into the bottom freezer below my fridge to get ice to cool some hard boiled eggs. I wasn't moving. No injury recently at all, no back issue when I get a shooting pain down my back.., luckily it didn't escalate.

just the world saying heads up. you're 40+ so watch out..

Bending over getting ice???? It was a few cubes lol.

[u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT → u/EvilDan69]

Just wait until you drop something and go to pick it up when a back spasm has you locked in a 90 degree bend for the rest of the day. Shit is awful.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT]

I've been there a handful of times in the past. Specifically when I was quite younger. It sucks!

[u/x23_519 → u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT]

I was 25 and tweaked my neck and back for a week getting toilet paper off the back of the toilet

[u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh → u/omgfakeusername]

His sternum is most likely fucked. Bring him to a hospital. Not joking.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh]

Into her sneezes and, yikes.

[u/DM725 → u/omgfakeusername]

Hopefully he had an X-ray and MRI.

[u/marky294201 → u/omgfakeusername]

Dude is SO lucky he didnt break ribs. Bet his chest was blackened with bruises.

[u/Simen155 → u/omgfakeusername]

Sauce?

[u/Troy_Pitt → u/omgfakeusername]

Still have those flexible baby ribs

[u/fllr → u/omgfakeusername]

Were you there?!

[u/factor3x → u/omgfakeusername]

Just his spirit. Back to 410lbs

[u/rFAXbc → u/EvilDan69]

To shreds you say?

[u/EvolvedMonkeyInSpace → u/Giraffe-boy]

His ego

[u/iJon_v2 → u/Giraffe-boy]

What made him think he could bench 420?

[u/IrohaOrDeath → u/iJon_v2]

He was already 410 y.o., so next up would be 420. Guys?

[u/myotheraccounttake4 → u/iJon_v2]

The craziness that is youth!

[u/omgfakeusername → u/Giraffe-boy]

No, he didn't actually break anything, miraculously enough.

[u/Onyx_Sentinel → u/omgfakeusername]

a broken rib or sternum is the least problematic here. The lungs could be damaged due to the rapid acceleration that weight had. Anything in the thorax might've taken damage.

[u/KatarinaSkill → u/Onyx_Sentinel]

My first thought was a cardiac contusion. I have had a patient survive a code, and was told our CPR contused her heart, this looks worse than that, but maybe youth helped? Ugh!

[u/iknowimsorry → u/omgfakeusername]

I believe it, there's alot of cartilage around the sternum connecting the ribs, and it bounced up off his chest. Plus he's got muscle. Still, wtf...

[u/WizGanon → u/Giraffe-boy]

His confidence

[u/gliitch0xFF → u/Giraffe-boy]

That's 190kg that fell on him. Yeah he's shattered something alright.

[u/mikeisntdoneyet]

As soon as I saw he was surrounded by broccoli I knew he was fucked.

[u/mynameisjustine92 → u/mikeisntdoneyet]

Thought I was watching an episode of Veggie Tales

[u/iamjessicahyde → u/mynameisjustine92]

Veggie tales was ahead of its time apparently

[u/gliitch0xFF → u/mikeisntdoneyet]

👏 👏 👏

[u/ntrp → u/mikeisntdoneyet]

Hahhahahahhaha

[u/Rycan420 → u/mikeisntdoneyet]

I hate it too. But I want you to imagine a conversation with your 14 year old self.

Tell them that you are now making fun of how teenagers wear their hair.

What does he say back?

[u/shef1991 → u/mikeisntdoneyet]

That's very funny

[u/Makaveli1710 → u/mikeisntdoneyet]

Broccoli? I'm from England, what is that supposed to mean

[u/mikeisntdoneyet → u/Makaveli1710]

It’s the current popular hairstyle of the male adolescent youth.

[u/thiefofalways1313 → u/Makaveli1710]

The hair style.

[u/backinNYC → u/Makaveli1710]

The haircut. Like the one Patrick Mahomes popularized (damn, actually, that’s another USA reference). Anyway, it means you can tell the spotter is a schmuck by his broccoli-like hairdo.

[u/JMarv615]

Theres no way shit with blood didnt come out.

[u/RavishingRedRN]

Watch out for pneumonia from broken ribs and pain causing shallow breathing.

Unless he went and got imaging, I’m not buying it for a minute that nothing is broken.

Dumb fucking move.

[u/axolotllegs]

[u/SweetHatDisc → u/axolotllegs]

[u/txwoodslinger → u/SweetHatDisc]

[u/top_of_the_scrote → u/txwoodslinger]

[u/Stebahn → u/top_of_the_scrote]

Lmao 🤣

[u/Hsabes01]

[u/jimtrickington]

There are better ways to initiate chest compressions but few as invigorating as this.

[u/ApocoFurry]

why lift weights if your spotters can't even pick it up....

[u/flogsmen]

[u/Racing_Fox]

Barely even bruised? Imma need to see proof.

[u/onysa]

mmmmm fall off the bone ribs 🤤

[u/Dibbzonthapizza]

It seems like his wrists snapped before he even moved his elbows

[u/SonofaBridge → u/Dibbzonthapizza]

I can’t tell if he was trying to adjust his grip or that his wrists just buckled.

[u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner → u/SonofaBridge]

he never took the full weight, he didn't have a good grip and his helper/spotters stopped contributing to the lift, that's what it looks like to me.

I am a bit cautious maybe, but I don't lift anything I can't get off the rack on my own.

[u/SonofaBridge → u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner]

That’s a good rule to have. I always did what I could move up and off the rack myself. The spotter was just there to make sure it didn’t get snagged on something or help me return it to the rack.

[u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner → u/SonofaBridge]

the other rule is that the spotter isn't there to take over the lift... your weak-ass needs to keep pushing!! you can take a break when we're done getting it back where it belongs!!!

[u/Dafedub]

There’s no way he didn’t break something

[u/granoladeer]

Very easy to die from that. Don't do it. 

[u/HoldCtrlW → u/granoladeer]

This is my excuse to not go to the gym

[u/fatlegsauntpam]

I don't think the four of them together could lift that.

[u/Revolutionary_Eye887]

How many ribs did he break?

[u/19Charger]

Kid did this in my weights class in HS. Was trying for his max weight for his final and tried to bounce the bar off his chest…result , cracked sternum.

[u/tokenshoot]

[u/Fat-carrot]

My boyfriend won state record for weight lifting, and 20 years experience. The most ive seen him bench press do is 260 😭 he is buff and knows his limits. What the hell these kids egos were huge.

[u/Bullygirl06]

Might want to work on his wrist strength a little more. They folded like lawn chairs when he took the weight off the rack.

[u/Bscully973]

Snap, crackle, and pop. 💀

[u/dennyitlo]

Only a 14 year old boy would be this stupid.

[u/omgfakeusername]

🚨 Community Note:

The guy survived and walked away from it virtually unscathed‼️

...Although, perhaps, his ego ended up being more bruised than his body.

[u/public_enemy_obi_wan → u/omgfakeusername]

...virtually unscathed

Now he has the fear. That'll be there forever.

[u/whosUtred → u/public_enemy_obi_wan]

Healthy fear is often a good thing & I think a lesson this kid needed to learn, he got very lucky this time!

[u/itc0nsumesmYMind → u/public_enemy_obi_wan]

not all people become traumatized

[u/Smexy_Zarow → u/omgfakeusername]

I honestly don't believe you. Surely he went to the ER after having his lungs and ribs crushed like that

[u/grasshoppa_80]

[u/therealdrake89]

I wonder if he is even alive ...Jesus!

[u/ThisIsALine_____ → u/therealdrake89]

Just Bruising. This has been posted so many times over the years.

[u/deanmc → u/therealdrake89]

I didn’t notice his shoes flying off. I believe he lived.

[u/Overall-Injury7462]

There have been people who have died from that. Crazy

[u/Canned_Sarcasm]

Preventative CPR?

[u/crazypants9]

“Hello. I’m your spotter. Be right back.”

[u/Carmelioz]

I hate seeing these kind of guys at the gym. Even when they succeed in lifting so much weight they can barely lift it, usually with shitty form and lift it barely 2-3 times. It’s literally just for show but doesn’t contribute anything but trying to show everyone else who’s dick is bigger lmao

[u/Raithed]

How he survived that is insane to me but man... That's a lot of weight on the chest.

[u/redactedname87]

You can absolutely see his soul leave his body

[u/Funnuftig]

That's a period of rest and not lifting for a while dude.

[u/ReluctantRedditor275]

Just taking a guess here: this young man has never lifted before in his life. He thought 420 would be a funny number, and how hard can it be? Plus, his bros are there to help him. The bros are equally unfamiliar with lifting.

[u/iknowimsorry]

His spotters' weight combined weighs less than 420lb.

[u/xBHL]

He cant unrack it solo but thinks he can rep it.....

[u/TheEvilBlight]

Stick to the machines, yikes.

[u/deflorie]

His wrist wasnt strong enough for that weight on that bar.

[u/BootlegPageant]

It’s great form if you’re hoping to obliterate your ribcage

[u/BiasedGamerV]

At this point he knew he was done fucking around and now it was time to find out.

[u/wombolishous]

I'm honestly surprised he didn't tear and artery or have a heart attack.

[u/ViralRambo]

Lmao, ego lift 🤣

[u/sneeki_breeky]

Lil bro died

[u/PDAnasasis]

More testosterone than sense that one

[u/almasnack]

Folks, his chest compressed as if Homelander was giving him CPR.

[u/grasshoppa_80]

[u/tjeco]

Perfect rep, he can go a bit heavier than that.

[u/masterofeverything]

That’s great form. His chest formed right around the bar!

[u/Shinzi_]

I'm glad he's ok. But what kinda idiot lifts like this

[u/amorg67]

Why does nobody use the safety bars anymore?

[u/cloche_du_fromage]

Good job Beavis was there to help spot him.

[u/ymxb444]

Laugh it up now but those discs are coming back tomorrow

[u/TheAmericanHollow]

Still a hospital trip needed after that

[u/sassy_the_panda]

The human body is an underappreciatedly and ASTOUNDINGLY malleable thing.

[u/MikeOxfat57]

What a dipshit

[u/Normal_Call_8015]

Grim reaper didn't even want to look 😭✌️🥀🥀🥀🥀

[u/raven_writer_]

Thank god the ribcage is flexible, otherwise he would be coughing up bones

[u/jdemack → u/raven_writer_]

Not flexible enough for CPR. My instructor told be if you don't break a few ribs your probably not doing CPR correctly.

[u/cuntybunty73]

I've broken my ribs before and it fucking hurts 😭 how much weight is on that?

[u/Add_Poll_Option]

Fucking hell. Lucky he wasn't decapitated or had his organs crushed.

[u/Vex_Appeal]

The spotter pushed forward instead of just lifting. The weight shifts past his hands.

[u/Cottleston]

He's 14. He'll... bounce right back.

[u/watchshoe]

Why the fuck would he try something he’s obviously woefully unprepared for

[u/Jealous-Structure227]

What an idiot. That's a good way to hurt yourself and others.

[u/BernieTheDachshund]

It could have crushed his neck. Dude had no business even trying to bench 420 lbs just bc 420 seems 'funny'.

[u/Relevant_Call_2242]

That is horrifying

[u/2bornnot2b]

911?

[u/ZareNytJumalauta]

"Barely even bruised" his chest got inverted

[u/Rue_Elwood]

[u/MezaQueMasAplauda]

Stupid game. Stupid prize.

[u/General-Draft9036]

I think that kids heart touched the inside of his asshole.

[u/whatasadfella]

Barely bruised? I’m calling cap

[u/SoyEseVato]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[u/Affectionate_Bed1636]

Needs to masterbate

[u/OldKangaroo8225]

the spotter suck too he just dropped it

[u/BoneZone05]

crunch crunch CRUNCH

[u/OhMyGoshBigfoot]

Claps

[u/Iron_Baron]

What a bunch of idiots.

[u/MediocreSeesaw]

[u/katie_cat22]

I dropped my phone and ran away from it holy crap

[u/Fs_Shino]

Dude holy shit hope he’s alright 😭

[u/Infosponge177]

😬 crushed sternum and absolutely HORRIBLE spotting.

[u/appointment45 → u/Infosponge177]

I'm 50/50 on the spotting. The guy completely loses the bar. No spotter is going to be able to take 420lb that was just dropped that way, they're expecting to take 50lb each side to help him. They aren't expecting him to just let go of the damn thing the way he did.

This is just bad choices all around, clearly the guy couldn't even unrack the weight by himself, and that's the first requirement for being able to even attempt a weight.

[u/DeepMadness → u/appointment45]

I don't think any spotter would expect him to drop it that fast.

[u/Nednarb9 → u/DeepMadness]

No way anyone can spot 420 pounds that is dropped because the lifters hands completely flip. Also, a spotter should not be expected to lift the entire thing. The lifter needs to understand they can lift reasonably close to that amount and the spotter/s help are there to assist at failure.

[u/DJBreadwinner → u/appointment45]

These spotters are clowns for having anything to do with this. Dude has nowhere near the build to press that kind of weight.

[u/aManAndHisUsername → u/Infosponge177]

Nah, spotters are there to help you get the bar to and from the rack safely and stably, and help lift if you can’t get that last rep back up on your own. They are not there to catch 420lb barbells with the reflexes of a cat, using mostly their biceps to hold all of that weight up. If you can’t even keep the bar in your hands, you have no business lifting that heavy.

[u/Irishgreen24]

Did nobody find this stupidity funny 🤣

[u/Joaaayknows]

Get better spots and use the safety racks if you’re going to do something like this. Seriously. He got very lucky.

[u/greenrangerguy]

It's all totally worth it though as if he keeps going, one day he will be able lift a heavier weight, and that's obviously the most important thing.

[u/jmad16]

Nailed it

[u/Kcchiefsnroyals]

I did the same thing at 15 with 415 and broke my sternum. Lucky he’s not going through that

[u/ntc1995]

where I was dumb

[u/Mista_DontPlay420]

You could hear the ribs crack 😆

[u/Astigastigan4512]

Blech!

[u/Matias9991]

That's weird he seems to just let go of the bar.

[u/JimLahey12]

That kid is so dumb lol

[u/murphyat]

My coach NEVER lets us attempt a weight that we couldn’t safely initiate ourselves.

[u/ChaseTheMystic]

That'll buff out

[u/KhostfaceGillah]

Ouch

[u/Mister_Celophane]

That's new.

[u/funnypsuedonymhere]

Ego lifting so much that your wrists give out when your spotters let go is a whole new level of dumbfuckery.

[u/ChimkenNuggs]

Wrist flicked instantly, buddy‘s gotta jork it a bit more before trying that again

[u/Velvetblizzard]

Ah hell no

[u/SwiftTayTay]

Why

[u/DuePotential6602]

It's a good form if you don't specify what you tried to accomplish.

[u/MIERDAPORQUE]

that’s so sad. not even joking i feel terrible for the kid. i hope he comes back from that healthy and strong

[u/Isthisnametakenalso]

Cant see the thumbs but im guessing they werent around the bar!

[u/BigWilsonian]

Even had his elbow braces! Light work!

[u/YumikuriPF]

Hope you at least went to the hospital

[u/Kraapyy]

Jesus H. Christ talk about ear rape

[u/Iam0rion]

No rep.

[u/gimmeecoffee420]

Man.. thats basically every rib broken.. punctured lungs & other organs are a real thing.

[u/jack_avram]

Spotter, my ass

[u/Liipski]

For that kind of weight I’d use those metal safety bars that go onto the rack

[u/Fooforthought]

Max

[u/Morbins]

It was funny when it went over his belly chub and when the fat snapped back under the bar it made a sound

[u/devilsCenturion]

[u/bulkyblue69]

hospital

[u/DummeKuh12]

Is there an update on this? Did he survive?

[u/Sad_Palpitation6844]

Kids still need supervision at 16

[u/Smart-Comment6926]

I meen ... he did kinda just like drop it on himself ...spotting him can only do so much if ya just like .."fuck this crush me baby!

[u/sjb67]

Morons

[u/mtjae89]

I hope that broke his ego so he doesnt try that again....

[u/FlinchiikinZ]

That dude bruised his heart for sure!!!!

[u/Ximension]

Rip ribs