15 Year Old dies Weight Lifting

[Easto]

http://www.wftv.com/video/15860310/index.html

[Aztech]

cliffs??...no sound at work

[Easto]

Kid was lifting weights at home alone

Doing some bench press

Parents found him dead in the backyard with the bar across his neck

[Mr.SUST]

"....he wuz vury perteet buh he could liff alot...."

[Aztech]

oops...lifting alone is not good.

[tman55]

I hope it wasn't Winter!

[Aztech]

I hope it wasn't Winter!

lol...i think he's an alter here now

[Skarhead1]

Unfortunately, this is not uncommon.

[Suareezay]

this is why you dont train with collars on when youre alone; so you can dump the weights.

[Mudge]

bummer for sure.

[outlawtas2]

Why I never lift over 225 without a spotter...even if your should blew or you slipped or whatever 225 is more than enough to kill you. RIP kid.

[Mudge]

Wasn't a retired football player trapped under 225 recently and had a heart attack or something?

When I first started "pumping iron" I was 11 years old and could only bench 85 pounds I distinctly remember getting trapped under the entire set which was 104 pounds.

[ManOfMuscle]

Why I never lift over 225 without a spotter...even if your should blew or you slipped or whatever 225 is more than enough to kill you. RIP kid.

I once dropped 225 on my chest from full extension and it bounced off without injury. Even if you tore something I think it would be easy to dump the weight off one side or the other.

[Easto]

Smith Machine

[Mudge]

I am guessing he dumped it on his neck and was knocked out, then suffocated.

Don't recall if I ever tried 4 plates, but I can breathe just fine with 3 sitting on me (rest-pause). I imagine it goes along with your level of strength somewhat.

[Phil9999]

my trainer told me that someone in Brazil killed themselves doing incline with 315.