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Forum ยป Ever had gym equipment break on you?
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Thread: Ever had gym equipment break on you?

post 1697894343 02-15-2024, 11:28 AM
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Ever had gym equipment break on you?

Pretty embarrassing thing happened today.
Was doing single arm seated cable rows. Not a massive weight but enough for 4x8. On about the 3rd rep the fabric loop which goes through the metal D rings completely snapped sending me flying backwards off the seat lols. No injury, just got up and got a different one. Would suck if a benchpress barbell hook snapped or something though.
post 1697894413 02-15-2024, 11:30 AM
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Nope, but I had lose screws on the security levers on the leg press. Not a great feeling.
post 1697894613 02-15-2024, 11:35 AM
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Yeah my current gym has a leg extension/leg curl machine where the pin that holds the leg pad in place keeps popping out on its own, somehow.

I once used a lat pulldown and the bottom pulley wasn't fastened properly. Pulley comes loose, goes flying up, weights come crashing down.

It's what happens when gyms go cheap with equipment
post 1697895303 02-15-2024, 11:53 AM
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I break barbells all the time

I load up so many plates when I bench the bar turns into a bell graph
post 1697895563 02-15-2024, 11:58 AM
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The cable row was maxing it out and the cheap ass handle snapped

I should have sued them
post 1697897723 02-15-2024, 12:42 PM
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yes on saturday and recovering.
wrote it up in the ov35 misc, scary gym story is the title.
There is an unspoken thing, we are iron brothers and sisters, we are to support each other and...It is our duty to support our brothers and sisters in the iron game!
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