I asked a guy for a spot yesterday on Incline Bench Press. He was awkward about it so I said to myself, “fuck it, go HAM. I don’t need a spotter.”
I’m coming up slow on my 6th rep, the guy sees this, and instead of running around behind the bench to grab the middle of the barbell, he comes up alongside the bench and starts lifting the right end of my barbell, tilting the 225lb bar to a 45º angle. This is awkward, I wouldn’t recommend it.
This is NOT optimal bar position on Bench Press
I told him “I got it,” straightened the bar out and finished my set. That is the last time I ever ask a guy wearing sleeves for a spot.
The fact that it he was wearing a “No Doubt” T-shirt should have been a dead giveaway. Nobody to blame but myself on that one.
-Tony “Two Scoops” Muscoli
