anyone else bled in the gym

**fenceguy** · 03-21-2007, 01:49 PM

was doing incline with dumbells last night. Was feeling super strong. started with 60 a side do 8 reps, 60 second rest, go up another 5 pounds. got to 80 a side, squeezed out 8 with a little struggle but not much. Decided to go for 85 a side. Never done that much weight but felt great. Asked a guy in there for a spot. had him put the weights in my hand resting on my shoulder/chest. get situated told him to help me up on the first. Well get half way up, he lets go of my wrists, Can't support the weight, down they come, Right hand weight lands on my shoulder, Left hand, not so lucky. Decides to bounce the dumbell off my chin before coming to rest on my shoulder. Drop the weights, sit up. I got an inch long gash on my chin, bleeding like a stuffed pig.
OOOPS!!!!!!! do I feel like a tool. Needless to say, I lost a little bit of my motivation and decided to just go hang out on the treadmill for an hour. Figured it was safer.

**chest6** · 03-21-2007, 02:07 PM

People suck at spotting.

Thats y Im lucky to have a great liftin partner right now. We see eye to eye on everything..

Why not put the db's on your knee and then sling them back?

**firmechicano831** · 03-21-2007, 02:10 PM

that sucks man, I only ask someone I trust that can do it right and watch my back. Some people are just so ****en dumb.

**dhriscerr** · 03-21-2007, 02:18 PM

I was trying to catch 2 plates from sliding off a bar when someone was squating and was leaning bad with no clips, and got there just in time to catch the weights when they fell off the bar and the weight on the otherside sent the bar into my chin and I bit through my bottom lip, had like 5 stitches on the outside of my lip and a few dissolveable ones inside. That was in highschool though.

**chest6** · 03-21-2007, 02:19 PM

lol..thats why instead of helping catch weights flying I just wait for the bar to tip then laugh. I've come close too many times with flying bars

**Testsubject** · 03-21-2007, 02:56 PM

Lol, I dont ask for spots at the gym, because most people dont knwo how to spot, I bled once at the gym, it was at the gym I used to go to, the tricep pushdown cable had a tear in the rubber surrounding the wire and the wire was a bit freyed and as i was coming up the wire caught me caught me on the chin and then on the nose, I was cut in both places, I left the gym about a year later and the stupid thing still wasnt fixed, lo, that gym was run like shit.

**godkilla** · 03-21-2007, 03:02 PM

only when i deadlift

**skipp** · 03-21-2007, 03:13 PM

Only time I've bled in a gym was my drol's fault, my nose POURED like a fvckin waterfall..

**gixxerboy1** · 03-21-2007, 05:35 PM

who spots you by the wrist?

**dhriscerr** · 03-21-2007, 08:36 PM

^^^^ thats how I get spots when im using dumbells

**lpicken** · 03-21-2007, 09:11 PM

Spotting is a lost art. I have met about 2-3 people in my lifetime who understand the concept of a good spot. I could write a book on proper spotting technique, but that is a whole different thread.

**Zanelike** · 03-21-2007, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by godkilla

only when i deadlift

same here.

**Dude-Man** · 03-21-2007, 11:31 PM

I don't lift any weights that i can't handle by myself. I'd rather use good form and get the most of out every rep then struggle to get the first one.

**Jakspro** · 03-21-2007, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by godkilla

only when i deadlift

If i go real heavy and forget to wear long sweats, i'll get a rub on the shin or a callous starts bleeding.

When using DB for any benching, if you can't get one rep with Full range of motion you should prolly go down in weight. Glad to hear it didn't roll over and smash your whole face.

**Carlos_E** · 03-21-2007, 11:50 PM

Victor was training me for legs and I gashed my knee open bumping into a machine right before starting squats. As I did squats at the bottom with my knee bent it made blood gush out and it was running down my leg into my sock. He asked me if I wanted to stop and I said NO!... I'm fine!

He brought me stuff to bandage it between sets.

**godkilla** · 03-22-2007, 12:01 AM

ok another i dont get. how come you got 80's up by yourself but you needed this moron to help you get 85's up?!

**slob** · 03-22-2007, 03:50 AM

Victor was training me for legs and I gashed my knee open bumping into a machine right before starting squats. As I did squats at the bottom with my knee bent it made blood gush out and it was running down my leg into my sock. He asked me if I wanted to stop and I said NO!... I'm fine! He brought me stuff to bandage it between sets.

THAT is what i like to hear!

***perfectbeast2001*** · 03-22-2007, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by Carlos_E

Victor was training me for legs and I gashed my knee open bumping into a machine right before starting squats. As I did squats at the bottom with my knee bent it made blood gush out and it was running down my leg into my sock. He asked me if I wanted to stop and I said NO!... I'm fine!

He brought me stuff to bandage it between sets.

Hell yeah!! Hardcore through and through!!!!

**fenceguy** · 03-22-2007, 05:52 AM

I wish i knew. I couldn't understand it either. Mental block maybe. I don't know. I was pissed though.

**Haro3** · 03-22-2007, 06:04 AM

Originally Posted by chest6

People suck at spotting.

Thats y Im lucky to have a great liftin partner right now. We see eye to eye on everything..

Why not put the db's on your knee and then sling them back?

awe thats cute you guys gonna get married?

**ru-ga-ru** · 03-22-2007, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by chest6

Why not put the db's on your knee and then sling them back?

Thats the way to do it right there

***Doc.Sust*** · 03-22-2007, 09:40 AM

everywk i deadlift, i bleed. blood drips on my socks, i also bleed form the nose very rarely when doing max squat work and i bust blood vessels in my eyes all the time

**spound** · 03-22-2007, 06:36 PM

I have had calluses burst open while deadlifting and bleed like a girl on the rag. I have also had my shins and my teardrops of my knee bleed from the bar scraping them on the way up during deadlifts.

**daytrader** · 03-22-2007, 06:45 PM

I ALWAYS cut my knees/shins up from deads

**Thin Ice** · 03-22-2007, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Jakspro

If i go real heavy and forget to wear long sweats, i'll get a rub on the shin or a callous starts bleeding.

When using DB for any benching, if you can't get one rep with Full range of motion you should prolly go down in weight. Glad to hear it didn't roll over and smash your whole face.

I had that problem when I would deadlift with my legs in a wide stance with my arms on the insides of my legs; I would see a bloodstain actually forming in my pant legs during my workout. I somehow just assumed that I could get more leverage that way. However, when I tried a narrow stance with my arms outside my legs, I was surprised at how much more leverage I actually got that way! Also, contrary to my expectation, I could also clear the bar past my legs more easily without skinning them.

**Thin Ice** · 03-22-2007, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Doc.Sust

everywk i deadlift, i bleed. blood drips on my socks, i also bleed form the nose very rarely when doing max squat work and i bust blood vessels in my eyes all the time

When pushing my workout to the max, I've busted blood vessels in my nose, but never my eyes. I finished the set while bleeding and cleaned the blood out of my carpet between the following sets.

Bursting eye blood vessels sounds like bad news! Does that affect your vision?