Health: Today, my friend spotted for me while I was lifting a barbell....

By not jacked - 20/04/2016 11:35 - United States - East Hartford

Today, my friend spotted for me while I was lifting a barbell. He thought it would be hilarious to tickle my armpits as I lifted it all the way up. I can still taste vomit in my mouth and it hurts to breathe. FML

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By 20lbknockout - 20/10/2009 04:26 - United States

Today, I was exercising, laid on my back, lifting weights over my head. My boyfriend thought it would be funny to casually sit by my feet and suddenly tickle them mercilessly. Caught off guard, I started wiggling, laughed and dropped the weights. On my face. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/08/2015 12:35 - Australia

Today, while trying to lift a weight bar at the gym, I ended up cracking my rib cage and almost passed out. My friend, who was supposed to be spotting for me, couldn't help until the last second because he'd snuck off to flirt with a pair of guys halfway across the room. FML

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By Me - 19/11/2015 22:00 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while bench pressing at the gym, I noticed my spotter had spit hanging from his mouth right above me. When I tried to warn him about it, he ignored me and told me to finish the set. When the drool fell in my mouth, I was startled and dropped the 175 weights and bar on my chest. FML

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Spotted it

By dollabill009 - 06/06/2013 08:49 - United States

Today, I went to the gym for the first time in a while. I was doing upper body workouts and decided to ask a very large muscular man to spot me while I did bench presses. As he stood over me, I saw two beads of sweat roll off his nose. One hit me on the cheek. The other landed in my open mouth. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/01/2010 13:44 - United States

Today, my friend decided it was funny to burp in my face. The burp was actually vomit. We were in the food court at the mall. FML

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By MarcusJones713 - 08/04/2009 11:17 - United States

Today, I was at the gym with my friends when they invited me to do a few bench presses. Since I'd never done any before, I decided to start with no weights on the bar and work my way up from there. I wound up pinned beneath the bar, calling for my friend to come free me. FML

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By Idle_Twin - 17/05/2015 17:53 - United States - Miami

Today, I was finishing my chest workout at the gym when this really cute girl started using the machine next to me. To impress her, I tried lifting a lot of weight on the barbell. It ended up landing on my neck and she had to help me get it off. FML

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Fake it til you make it

By foreveralone15 - 24/06/2021 10:59

Today, I sprained an arm muscle while pretending to lift weights. FML

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By June - 05/10/2010 04:47 - United States

Today, my boyfriend grabbed my love handles. It tickled, so I giggled and squirmed out of his grip. He looked at me quizzically and said, "I'm surprised you still have feeling there with all that fat." FML

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By Mark - 30/03/2009 07:06 - United States

Today, I was working out at the gym doing squats. There was a girl there that I wanted to impress so I loaded up the bar with a lot of weight and began to do my squat. As I was going down I farted so loud that I began to laugh and fell backwards. Everyone in the room just stared at me. FML

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llamarrama01 21

Thursday 21 April 2016 0:09

Yes, because the absolute FIRST thought I have when I see a friend is "Oh golly, how can I injure them today?"

Serenity77 11

Thursday 21 April 2016 0:07

What the **** made him think doing that was a good idea?

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creepyclowntown 10

Thursday 21 April 2016 3:12

dude, he can easily be banned from the gym for that crap so tell them. He should not be trusted in there after that

naviajack626 16

Thursday 21 April 2016 3:52

What a f***tard.

mkmon7 21

Thursday 21 April 2016 3:59

Anyone who has ever lifted before knows that you can get seriously injured when lifting... Sorry about the pain OP!! Hopefully your friend helps you recover and learns how to actually work out

ladycube 22

Thursday 21 April 2016 4:12

Ouch. Be careful who you call your friends, OP. Hope you feel better soon /:

anarchymaniac 22

Thursday 21 April 2016 4:19

Your friend is a dick.

mds9986 24

Thursday 21 April 2016 4:23

Well hopefully he learned the gym isn't a playground. Sorry it was at your expense, OP.

militarybrat 21

Thursday 21 April 2016 4:32

I actually wouldn't have that guy as a friend anymore. Does he not realize he could have killed you?

modenegg 5

Thursday 21 April 2016 4:37

Oh friends what would we do without them

leonofkings 13

Thursday 21 April 2016 4:54

I don't think your friend intentionally made an attempt to injure you. Instead he didn't take into consideration the possibility of you becoming severely injured, even as irresponsible as that is, considering you both know proper lifting etiquette. It's not like he attempted murder in the first degree so don't be too hard on the guy.

Shlalg 15

Thursday 21 April 2016 22:09

Nope, be hard on him. That was stupid and could have caused serious injury. He had one job, and did the worst he could at it.

deltax 8

Thursday 21 April 2016 5:09

I would have straight up punched him in the mouth for doing that. Spotters are responsible for making sure you don't get injured, its not the time to screw around

RabbitOfAurora 28

Thursday 21 April 2016 16:51

This is why I have a personal trainer, and ALMOST have trouble trustung her when we do really heavy; especially on the incline legpress, when she tells me to go deeper... I'm honestly afraid of getting crushed (because we were doing almost 400 kilos one time and I needed like 5 dudes help to get it back up after going too low), even though I know it's not possible.