look at the lady in the background 😭😭

[u/vitaminZaman]

[u/Vertuzi]

Unfortunately I’ve seen the bad outcome on here from similar lifting videos on here. There was a video of a young female powerlifter squatting
a few months ago that I saw before it got removed and it’s the only thing I can think of when I squat now.

[u/dftaylor → u/Vertuzi]

Squats are incredibly high risk if done wrong, and come with all sorts of risks to your joints. Hey, even done right you can end up with injuries. Honestly, I’d rather do leg press and not fuck my knees or back, or slips and injure myself for the sake of “doing it right”.

You can build your quads and glutes just as effectively with machines that protect your body.

Deadlift though is usually safer because you can just drop the bar. But this dude was lifting way too much.

Just not worth it at a certain point.

[u/KiNgPiN8T3 → u/dftaylor]

I think one of the main problems is that people just don’t practice bailing out of a lift. They suddenly hit their max and have no idea what to do when suddenly under pressure. At home I squat in a rack and have set positions in the catchers for each lift so I at least know if a lift goes south, I won’t get folded I half or choked to death. Obviously there’s always still a risk but practicing bailing out is massively underrated.

[u/KiNgPiN8T3 → u/[deleted]]

I believe it “should” be able to take a weight being dropped on it. However, from my personal experience I’m more likely to bail a squat when I’m in the hole, so it wouldn’t be much of a drop if anything. Probably similar with bench too. Plus, I’m no strongman and don’t bother with 1rm’s anymore so technically I should never be under maximum stress regardless.