mechanical spotting systems

What would you look for in a self-spotting weight bench

  • Provide measure of safety

    Votes: 20 66.7%

  • Provide lifting assistance during finals reps

    Votes: 11 36.7%

  • Provide free range of motion throughout lifting action

    Votes: 12 40.0%

  • Restrict/stabilize weight throughout lifting action

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Provide variable lifting assistance

    Votes: 3 10.0%

  • Able to retrofit to existing freeweight benches

    Votes: 6 20.0%

  • Able to be collapsable/stored easily

    Votes: 5 16.7%
  • Total voters
    30
lmao. about the children's scooter.

Personally I don't think anything can replace a good spotter. But even those are hard to find. Alot of my friends are poor spots. Once I got this dude to spot me, and he gives me a lift off (this was my 3 rep btw) and then he just walks away. Luckily for my chest, i was able to finish the three reps.
 
I hate spotters who help you once it gets heavy. I was doing 3x3 for bench, for all tre sets the dude helped me with the lockout on the last rep, just because it got a bit slow/stopped, I knew I could press it out no problem, it just slows down when it gets to my sticking point. I never help anyone when I spot unless I see they are about to collapse..
 
It would be cool to have a bench that can help with the last couple of reps. On certain days I run my bench/squat to exhaustion.

I'm sure what I'm thinkning of would be majorly expensive, but that's why I'm not an engineer. I would like to see a larger version of these, , so that drop sets would be quicker.

The key to a drop set is to begin the next incriment of weight as quickly as you can.
 
Drop set means to do a certain number of reps with a certain weight until failure, then immediately take a lighter weight and do as many reps as you can, and so on. (This is my understanding anyway)

you don't add weight. That's called a pyramid, and you usually take breaks inbetween.
 
g8r80 said:
I use a power rack (I thought it was called a smith machine) for bench pressing and it does provide a great pec and tricep workout. But, it doesn't mimic a true bench press because it stabilizes the bar forward and aft and side to side. I cannot do nearly as much with a true bench press as I can on a power rack. But, is that really a problem? Probably not, unless you have set a personal bp goal ... as I have.
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That's what dumb bell presses are for.:rolleyes:
 
Pack'n said:
That's what dumb bell presses are for.:rolleyes:
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If I didn't have this persistent tennis elbow, I'd experiment dumbbell presses, but when I do lift any dumbbell 20# or more, my elbow has to stabilize the dumbbell which bothers me, which restricts me to bars.
 
Karky said:
I hate spotters who help you once it gets heavy. I was doing 3x3 for bench, for all tre sets the dude helped me with the lockout on the last rep, just because it got a bit slow/stopped, I knew I could press it out no problem, it just slows down when it gets to my sticking point. I never help anyone when I spot unless I see they are about to collapse..
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Yea i feel you ther, i put the weight up and i know i can get the rep out but its heavy and so just takes that bit longer to push it out, my partner/spotter used to help me when i slowed down even tho i could of pushed it out. Iv told him now tho, so im glad hes got outta that :)
 
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