Mulletsoldier
Binging on Pure ****ing Rage
A few months ago I was all proud of myself having finally leg pressed 1000 pounds. Without a workout partner this means moving 20 plates by myself and I was unloading the machine and completely exhausted.
I didn't really think about balance issues with a large machine like the Cybex leg press and I wasn't thinking very clearly..all the blood being in my legs perhaps..I took about 9 plates off from just one side. I went to get number 10 and I notices the press was teetering back and forth ever so slightly. Damn near had a heart attack. I raced over to the other side and took plates off there to balance out the weight.
It wasn't bolted to the floor like it probably should be and I didn't unload it like I should have...but either way stupid stupid stupid.
I did the exact same thing except on a rack. I was trying for a heavy single Rack Dead of 625, and pulled it clean, and then pulled the weights clean off of one side. Bar and all the plates came crashing down, tipped the cage a little. I felt like an ass.