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The terrifying prospect of a list like this is that it can someday be you dropping a barbell on your head. Actually, there's a lot of ways you can "Fail" while working out. If you're pushing yourself to exhaustion you can falter, you can trip, you can barf all over the hottest chick in town. Even if you avoid those potential pitfalls, an equipment malfunction can have you running to the ER. It's not that far-fetched a possibility that this list can either jog flashbacks of near death experiences, or (like we just said) include you in a future edition. There's a lot you can learn from this collection of visual warnings (Namely, don't put on too much fucking weight.)
In all honesty, the proper thing to do is to immediately help these people. Not record the mishap and upload onto the Internet directly after you get home. The lesson in all of this is be careful and know your limits; otherwise risk virility along with five-figure hospital bills. If you can't learn from the mistakes of others then their blunders were in vain. If you can avoid a rehab bed by watching these clips, then we'll bet these people would gladly suffer their pain all over again for your benefit. With that we give you The Worst Workout Fails Caught on Tape.
Note: As you may expect, a lot of these are pretty graphic. We actually eliminated some of the more gruesome ones (trust us there's some shit on YouTube you can never un-see). If you're squeamish or are about to go to the gym yourself in the next hour or so, you may want to think twice before reading.
What did the street say to the face?
Do you like straws?
Just speculating but...
...that bar probably isn't the only thing that snapped.
It looks set up.
But the real question is: Why?
When your body's trying to send you a message.
It was either this or his knee buckling the wrong way.
Skullcrusher plus.
See, the name makes sense if you actually answer your phone mid-lift.
A sure sign that you're using too much weight.
Human beings are not supposed to fold.
The dad's body language tells us...
...that this type of shit probably happens a lot.
No country for followers.
Be yourself, it's not worth it.
We call that barbell "Bane."
In a way this guy's lucky. The fact that he's moving his legs shows this wasn't as bad as it could've been.
Dumb pussy...cat.
Look at his reaction and tell us this wasn't on purpose.
"You got it! You got it! You got it!"
Oh, never mind.
Anything to get out of school.
Would've actually been worse if he got it over his head. Which is pretty easy to say from the comfort of a computer.
Did you think his knees were about to explode?
We did.
What happens when you get your treadmill from IKEA?
A literal treadmill fail.
We don't think this went as planned.
Hey, if you're not going to push yourself why even go?
"Clear eyes, full hearts can't..."
"...Oh God, no!"
Thankfully the toddler wasn't nearby.
Or worse yet, the Roomba.
One minute everything's going fine and the next...
"Oh, fuck me!"
"You guys didn't get that, did you?"
Can't tell if staged or not. Looks painful either way.
One-armed Barbell Press like a G.
Either he needs to lower the weight, or he's working on symmetry.
We're guessing number one.
Every bench pressers worst fear.
This is actually, like, the least violent of the 100 or so on YouTube.
We know which person we'd choose to have our backs.
Take a look at the reactions in the back of the frame. The personal trainer rushes to help, while the woman face palms like: "Damn your spine might've just snapped in half. How embarrasing."
We're guessing embarrassment is the least of his concerns at the moment.
25 Slides...one guy who deserves it.
Hey, it's better than zero.