Just had my first "near miss" | Thread profile

Was on the final rep of the final set of incline db benches, when my left arm failed on me... the dumbell came falling towards my face ( still being held by my useless, fatigued arm) and I moved my head.. it glanced my shoulder a little but no harm was done thankfully..... Thats what happens when my training partner cancels on me!!

Nasty, glad your ok - thank god it wasn't the barbell

definitely, I have a problem yu see.... I would just usually be using the smith machine barbell for safety's sake, But I recently recovered from a broken bone in my hand/wrist and barbells are really uncomfortable on it. It was a revelation to find no such problems with dumbells, Now After this little faux par, I'm not sure what to do...... Probably just stick to DB and ask for someone to ...

The same had happened to me 4 years ago on seated shoulder presses.My left arm suddenly became useless and the db crashed into my head(fortunately it was only a 15 kg one).It did hurt though and I also hurt my shoulder pretty badly. I was told not to work out until I feel completely ok but then I got used to seating all day and 3 years passed...

FYI this one was a 24kg one... woulda been terrible (in reply to beholder69 )

Yes it would... At least your reflexes saved you from worse stuff

I was squatting a few weeks back and the barbell dropped behind my head my arms where useless by this point and i thought i was going to snap a wrist! be careful people (in reply to beholder69 )

I would be no where without my spotter on standing shoulder press, towards the end my left arm usually starts to give and i usually come close to nailing my self.

Anytime when you exercise and you are used to having a training partner and he/she is also your spotter and your partner/spotter doesn't show up, always, and I mean always reduce your sets and reps for your own sake. (in reply to andy_gza )

that happened to me and a 40kg dumbell crasshed into my chest. didnt hurt that bad though