Thought I was a gonner

[gravityfighter]

Leg day today,get to the gym warm up, finish w/ the squats head for the leg press, last set machine is loaded ask somebody to come keep and eye on me for this set, crank up Metallica on the head phones come down w/ the weight 1st rep start push'n it back up, half way up all hell breaks loose next thing I know theres 4 guys try'n to get the weights off me the f##k'n machine bolts sheared right off the machine it's amazing I was'nt hurt Bros you can't imagine how fast your heart can beat when something like that happens I don't know if I'll ever be able to trust a leg press again and I was just ragggin on machines ...maybe their getting their revenge

 

[Ivan]

Wow

WTF??! You should seriously figure out the deal there man, the gym needs to have equipment that is sturdy etc...hell they are lucky, most people would sue!

Glad you are ok.

 

[wedge]

Leg Press

What brand was on it ? (Bodymasters ,Icarian, Cybex... )
Ivan is right, most people would throw a lawsiut.
U coulda had your own person gym, anyway ur lucky and I am glad everything is O.K. later, WEDGE

 

[boing]

Jesus, man glad you are OK, no muscle tears etc.

What a thread to read b4 I go do legs, think I might squat tonight

Boing "the English_Bulldog"

 

[tbonus]

glad you didnt get hurt. I did legs last night and was going to squat, but every freakin rack and even the smith machine was occupied. I jumped on the leg press and that phucker makes some noizes like an old carnival ride. I will definitely check that thing out next time.

 

[gravityfighter]

It was a bodymasters , you know when I was filling out the accident report the management was askin all kinds of questions like I was at fault or somethin, I've been doin this for 25+ years probably done millions of total lbs on leg press, they really pissed me off

 

[SMACKAVELI]

In that case you should sue! They're trying to make it so it's YOUR fault it happened. That thing could of crushed you, take off your legs or foot, or worse!

Is it a big chain workout place? Or a mom and pop gym? If it's big chain, you could be looking at a large settlement out of court. That's just my opinion though, I'm from California. Everyone sues here.

 

[ken69dahl]

I just want to say man you are damn lucky, those things can crush your leggs. I don't have to worry about it cause I am only pushing 3X10's each side for 5 reps.

 

[gravityfighter]

You know I'm not the sue kinda guy, the hardest thing would be to not workout while the suit is pending, some of those things can take years, had a buddy got hit by a mail truck sued had to quit workin out, could'nt ride his dirt bike, nothin for almost 2yrs got 27k from a 600k suit, maybe i'd quit the iron for 600k but 27k no way i'm to proud