re: Bodybuilder breaks his neck and dies squatting

Given that every gym has either a cage or a squat rack there is no excuse for this to happen. But you see a lot of stupid shite in the gym. I’ve watched guys take on heavy weight and then back totally outside of the squat rack or outside of the cage before starting so they had nothing to catch the bar if they failed.

The worst was a lady that got down under a smith machine on her back and was pushing the bar up with her feet like some half assed leg press. There was no way she could’ve hooked the bar if it slipped off and it was centered around her upper chest. It made me so uncomfortable watching I told one of the employees they needed to stop her before she killed herself.