nissan11
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I am doing a mock meeting this Wednesday evening, my first one, and I am concerned about spotting. There will on be two other guys there and both are novice lifters. One of them is my brother who has been running a good program for about 6 months who hopes to total 900 . The other is a bodybuilder with no powerlifting experience. We will be in my brother's garage and he has a power rack with safety pins but I am still concerned about lifter safety when attempting heavy squats because I got hurt real bad years ago squatting in a cage with pins and I don't want it to happen again.
The problem is that with only two people available, there can be only one spotter if one person is in front of the lifter judging the squat. I do plan to video tape all attempts on my phone so should I just skip having a person watch the lift and have one person on each end of the bar? Is that even safe? Am I better off just having one person spot from behind the lifter so there is no problem coordinating when to pick up each end of the bar?
I am mostly concerned about my safety. I dont think either of these guys will be attempting more than about 275. I tore my adductor and ab muscle squatting 353 years ago and plan to attempt over 400 this week. I have not attempted that much weight since the injury but worked up to a 395 single two weeks ago which felt ok.
Anyway. If you guys only had 2 inexperienced spotters at your disposal how would you want them to spot you?
The problem is that with only two people available, there can be only one spotter if one person is in front of the lifter judging the squat. I do plan to video tape all attempts on my phone so should I just skip having a person watch the lift and have one person on each end of the bar? Is that even safe? Am I better off just having one person spot from behind the lifter so there is no problem coordinating when to pick up each end of the bar?
I am mostly concerned about my safety. I dont think either of these guys will be attempting more than about 275. I tore my adductor and ab muscle squatting 353 years ago and plan to attempt over 400 this week. I have not attempted that much weight since the injury but worked up to a 395 single two weeks ago which felt ok.
Anyway. If you guys only had 2 inexperienced spotters at your disposal how would you want them to spot you?