SC player injured and in hospital prayers needed

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Not certain of all the facts, but he dropped a weight set on his throat during bench press excercise. Has been in surgery since 2 this afternoon and still there at 9pm tonight. Does not sound good. I know he is not a Husker and this is the wrong board, but it sounds to be a very sad situation. My prayers to Stephan and his family and SC family.

 
Saw that on the ticker while watching some MNF last night. Horrible injury. It's something I never really thought of when I used to lift, but it can happen and it can be life-threatening.

 
Ouch! Glad that he will make it through this injury.

A video of this happening is the reason I only use dumb bells now. Can't trust those spotters...

 
How, as a spotter, do you even allow that to happen? I can't imagine how that (so called) spotter has to feel.

 
This morning he was still in critical condition but stable. To bad as the kid had turned his life around.

He is a south central project.

He was a very hard worker supposedly. Really sad that a young person has this happen.

 
If that bar slipped, with no warning, I don't see how anyone could physically be able to catch all that weight right out of the air like that.

I couldn't imagine how scary that would be... Hope he pulls through to 100%.

 
Stu said:
If that bar slipped, with no warning, I don't see how anyone could physically be able to catch all that weight right out of the air like that.

I couldn't imagine how scary that would be... Hope he pulls through to 100%.
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exactly, all these people like "what was the spotter doing" have obviously never lifted weights. a spotter is usually only there to help you get those last few reps up and in the case when you can't, help you put the bar back on the rack.

stefan wasn't competitively lifting, where they have spotters behind and on each side of the barbell to catch heavy weight in the event that the lifter cannot lift it. he was just repping some weight in a typical workout. i don't care who you are, if you were spotting him and the bar slipped out of nowhere there would be no way you could react quickly enough to catch 275 lbs before it landed on him.

 
Just an unfortunate accident. No one at fault.

I am sure there will be more on ESPN tonight about it.

I just hope he recovers, what a loss for him and his family.

 
I think "what was the spotter doing" is a pretty natural response. Anyone who has lifted would know that if a freak accident occurred there's next to nothing the spotter could do, but it's still a natural question. It was the first thing I thought of, and I've got experience with lifting.

 
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