In Olinda, Brazil, a tragic accident occurred on Monday, December 1, at the local gym RW Academia, when 55-year-old Ronald José Salvador dropped a barbell on his chest while bench pressing. Although he managed to get up afterwards, he collapsed shortly after; employees and other gym-goers immediately provided assistance, and the man was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day. The gym stated in a message that it provided immediate assistance and expressed deep condolences to the family, saying that Ronald will be remembered with respect and love. The funeral took place at the Morada da Paz cemetery in Paulista.




sori if selow

Death grip

What happened? Rib punctured the heart? 😢

suicide grip. insane people

exercise for health. dead.

bad design
it's time to drastically change gym equipments

that's it. i'm not getting out of my couch

holy hell damn
rip

why tf wanna do suicide grip during bench press
damn dangerous

Couch potatoes outlive all these gym goers

Time for insurance to up premium for gym goers

Till today I still see a lot of people using suicide grip.

That bench without safety bar is big nono

saw a lot gym always without safely bar one, insta death if not careful

sulah cucuke jgn byk drama...
relax,watch tv... play with grand kids... enjoice the remaining day jer...

1 minute ago still alive, 30 minutes later RIP. Guys doing something beyond your ability is not good & gain nothing.

I will never bench/squat outside of a powerrack with safeties in my homegym.

With proper form, the safeties won’t even limit your ROM, won’t even notice it’s there unless fail.

I’m just waiting this to happen in malaysia - lots of ppl don’t even use safeties even if it’s there.

i not getting out from my bed....

Already got. Some gym provide bench press equipment with controlled fall.

That's why we lazy people live longer!

no safety

this equipment should be changed

Rib bone hitting heart, unker scared

There are those with a lock on right ?

Thats why until now ayam wont touch barbell. Its too damn risky. Theres nothing dumbbell cant do that barbell can.

grip rip

You cant lift that heavy with a dumbbell pair.
Also, almost impossible to setup dumbbell press if youre lifting heavy.

No point lifting so heavy, unless u are going for body building competition. If for muscle build and body toning, 50kg dumbbell is more than enough already. U hold 2, its already 100kg. Whats the point of going above 100kg if u are not going for competition?

Gym equipments have been the same for decades. The only reason people die are ego lifting.

That uncle lifted 20kgs barbell with 10kgs x 6. Total 80 kgs.

Look at his physique. Don't think he can lift 80 kgs.

You can see many ego lifting, including newbies. Some idiots lift the barbell without locking the weights. Then when lifting, they can't lift and struggling until the barbell tilt 1 side and the weights fall off. Lmao.

Bro you aren't supposed to lock the barbell if you are alone.

Reason 1

If you fail a lift and cannot save yourself you are suppose to let one side drop and let the weights fall off.

Reason 2

If your weights are falling one side when you lift means those weights aren't meant for you.

Never lock your weights people. You wanna be safe alternate using the barbell and Smith machine to break your plateau.

Hmmm, makes sense. Maybe this is what save that joker that day.

oldfags should just do what oldfags do instead of gym, cycling, hiking yeda3

Because why not? Maybe it's enough if your 160cm or something.

In regard to bench press, it is better to not lock your plates. Specially so if you're lifting alone.
It maybe fine if you're doing lightweight. But if you're doing heavy press, locked plates means you will have a hard time getting the weight off you. With unlocked plates, you can just tilt your bar to slide the plates off. Of course, you still need safeties to survive the bar fall / failure in the first place.

If you can't even stabilize the bar properly, you're ego lifting.

Ya lo
Should just sit kopitiam tokkok singsong

now i know how come some uncles can die when piapings. they chose the wrong weight category amois.

how much did he bench anyway?

Some people over do exercise….

some set safety bar incorrectly.

Deswai Calisthenic is better and safer

When you are 50+ just use the chess press machine.
Same reason why people ego lift and why people with nice cars vroom vroom on public roads.
Want to prove their manliness

must be seeing a bunch of youngsters lifting heavy, thinking he able to do the same when he got age as the "experience"
but he able to unrack it easily tho.
my gym ok la. no newbies try to match my 140kg bench, i have been waiting for many years for someone unfamiliar to try to match my weight so that i can popcorn n watch, but no luck.

Spotter mana?

learn from this nigga how to bench properly.


Watching people kill themselves in the gym is part of the membership perks, right?

Bench is nothing compared to OHP... Been in the gym scene since 2013.

Never seen anyone able to OHP around 40 kgs with barbell. This is what I'm trying to improve for the coming year. That shit is hard.

And I'm talking OHP from rack position not catch and snatch

Swimming the best for old farts.

Actually, can just go to the power rack and setup safety arms but not many people watch you perform I suppose.

yes OHP 2 plates, never seen anyone did it before tho.
probably cause is a low profile exercise, nobody really focus on it to boast about it.
many years back i did 30kg each side with barbell.
40kg ill be seeing stars. next push session ill try load a bar with 40kg on a power rack just to test the feel. probably wont even budge

Protip bro. Clench your butt cheeks whilst you are pushing up. I learnt it through reddit. But fucking hell it is one movement that humbles you

"AMATUER!" - typing from bed.

10kg weight, 3 at each side, 60kg + 20kg bar

80kg is not that heavy

no spotter

why he let go like that?

yeah read abt it - he had a heart attack while lifting and weight drop on chest - died because of cardiac arrest.

This post has been edited by vin6: Dec 8 2025, 10:34 AM

my exact thoughts - the guy look like he had something happen, thats why the bar dropped suddenly. RIP.. at least he went happy doing stuff he loved

it slipped because of his no thumb grip

It is for youngster as well. Recently started swimming. Still on 1:50/100m pace. 1000m

meaning the bar is at shoulder height at rack and lift? that one hard.. 40kg each side? i think mine most is 10kg plates each side and 20kg barbell.

I'm stuck at 45 to 46 kgs. Even tried using fractional weights at 1.5kgs to beat the plateau. Anyone got any advise how to break the plateau?

Train handstands and hpu

This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: Dec 8 2025, 02:47 PM

Didnt train much these days.. if i still activiely train i would pump up my shouldder and tricep first

There are other ways to exercise those muscles without the danger

Old ppl should just train using their own bodyweight like pushup/ situp/ crunches or use those dumbbell weight only for safety purpose.

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