Story By: Gheorghi Caraseni, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/vesti.ru
This is the moment a bungling bodybuilder drops a 330-lbs weight on his chest while bench pressing and reportedly cracks several ribs.
The incident took place at a gym on Michurinsky Avenue in the western Russian capital Moscow when the unnamed bodybuilder was attempting to bench press a barbell of 150 kilogrammes (330 lbs).
In the CCTV footage, the bodybuilder is seen speaking with his ‘spotter’ as he prepares to lift the barbell.
He lies on the bench and the spotter carefully hands him the weight.
Moments later, the barbell drops on the bodybuilder’s chest and the spotter manages to place it back on the stand.
Meanwhile, two gym-goers rush to the bodybuilder’s aid and one of them leads him out of the room.
The injured man is seen walking gingerly out of the gym before the video cuts.
According to local media, the bodybuilder was hospitalised with several cracked ribs.
Netizens had a lot to say about the incident, with ‘Ksy888’ commenting: “He is lucky his chest did not cave in!”
A YouTube user said: “You should never muck around when lifting heavy barbells.”
A 69-year-old man recently died in a Moscow gym when he was advised to carry out certain exercises following heart surgery six weeks previously.
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