Faulty spotting at IPF Worlds

[@HeihachiChaolan]

"hey kid, you been to the gym before? "Yeah, one or two times" "Great, spot this lifter next"

[@sergiotl7378]

The kid actually answered like Homer: "GYM? What's a GYM?"

[@sauljahboi5965]

Kid: Pokémon Gyms?

[@driftx2]

That's what happens when u pay minimum wage lol

[@Melancholy308]

Commentator: "The spotter having a hell of a hard time getting the weight up" The spotter: literally a fucking child

[@molecularmage5443]

Why is a 14 year old boy spotting Olympic squatters

[@mistercat5300]

Cost cutting I think

[@Explorerx98]

Read intro.

[@bartek4836]

What? Olympic squatters? Sth like this doesn't exist, unless u mean olympic weightlifters who do squat, but there was none of them. And btw, olympic weightlifters don't need a spot in squat.

[@michaelelder6182]

@@bartek4836 this^^

[@bartek4836]

@@michaelelder6182 thx, english isn't my first language but I'm trying to do better

[@daniel_hanma3633]

They literally have kid as a spotter??? Bullshit.

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

"Hey, kid, c'mere. You know what a barbell looks like?" "Uhhhh, yeah. I guess." "You're hired!"

[@Max-me9ol]

also works like this: "Hey, kid, c'mere. You know what a barbell looks like?" "Uhhhh,, no?" "You're hired!"

[@Karthik-go4jt]

These spotters need spotters.

[@TanPham-sn3fc]

The spotters have skinny legs.

[@matiasl623]

Jajaj

[@KartyMcFarty]

bruh I have the same name, super confused at first lmao

[@artmartinez5545]

So true, the spotters are so thin!

[@Justin_Sy]

Hahaha 😂😂

[@holdthisl5493]

The kid on the right isn’t even strong enough to curl a 20... why’s he getting forced to be a spotter?

[@denxx56]

Who's forcing him exactly?

[@brayanivan9253]

@@denxx56 not forced but common sense if you are 70kl dont spot a guy that lift 220 kl in a squad is stupid

[@denxx56]

@@brayanivan9253 exactly, it's the kids fault as well

[@solitaryconfinement1975]

@@denxx56 He only had the power to fuck up because he was put there. I doubt he was the only person to sign up

[@denxx56]

@@solitaryconfinement1975 well he signed up didn't he? It's both of their faults, the kids and of course the organizers too

[@Crakinator]

You CAN’T convince me that there are a shortage of strong potential spotters AT A POWERLIFTING EVENT.

[@andrewbrown5300]

There’s a guy in blue, bald with a beard in the crowd that’s as big as the powerlifters 🤦‍♂️

[@cjn0]

i tried to fart but accidentally shit myself

[@abstract0407]

💀

[@topsui]

They’ll be having fetuses under the bar soon

[@Ema-fm5zy]

I am using air as a spotter, noob

[@davidcaine5622]

@@Ema-fm5zy well if the air touches your bar...you fail the lift

[@michaellee6713]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Elgintensity]

it's so nice to have all these spotter fails in one place

[@AlexanderDGL89]

You are welcome, enjoy and use them well :)

[@Elgintensity]

Thanks, Alex. Hopefully I can help raise awareness of this problem.

[@syruptv7302]

+Infinite Elgintensity haha fuck yes.

[@richardduplishchev4492]

+Infinite Elgintensity another fake

[@2R1V3R]

+Alexander Daniel G. Larsen (AlexanderDGL) good luck get them next time champ..

[@shayearl2369]

How about putting guys who lift weights as spotters

[@2words4u]

That makes too much sense for the IPF

[@ManOfPillowDoom]

"Pfff nah how bout my 12 year old nephew? He'd definitely love to do it"

[@nadja3301]

why’d they have a 100 pound 12 year old spot a 400+ squat im gone

[@spakkx]

especially while two guys twice his age are spotting the other side. 😶

[@Discipleofthelordandjesus]

Black dude was like “ who’s man’s is this?”

[@Andrew-iq5ud]

Why wouldnt they just use a power rack with safetys and not even need spotters? This is like a circus

[@v-dogquick5888]

@@Discipleofthelordandjesushuh

[@evankirkpatrick8741]

@@Andrew-iq5udare you talking about a smith machine? That’s not the same as back squats

[@CaseyCJL]

someone please explain to me why a weak kid is a spotter? this actually angers me

[@YouTubeChillZone]

Someone from the organizer's family, that's how it works

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

well,i bet there are regular 14 year olds who can help you spotting(not eddie hall weight ofc),in fact i've seen some at my gym it shouldnt be any problem but those in the video are some vegan kids or something,i think i was stronger at 11 than them

[@crater3539]

@@eugenegrindfor5090 no way. They can’t even deadlift there on body weight lol.

[@biglegs3361]

The strength of the kid isn’t the problem, at least for the first squat, the real problem is that he doesn’t actually know how to spot in the first place

[@Viking_Raven]

That kid as well as other "spotters" could have seriously messed themselves up, that horrible form and approach to lift the weight so desperately. I'm sure more than one of them teared something.

[@chiliFN]

So they are squatting 500 pounds and they have a kid spotting that can’t even lift 50, brilliant

[@MacGMe10]

Chili 💀💀😂

[@marjanaking404notfound3]

You know, cheap..

[@ahadkhan5816]

Not the kids fault. The fault goes to the manager that thinks the kids can help in those situations.

[@cocoino2307]

the manager never been inside a gym

[@metalbeaver6294]

wtf is he doing with his ear tho? Also, how stupid can you be to not pay attention for 10 FUCKING SECONDS. Kid is ill or something.

[@M60gunner1971]

Yes the fault lies with both of them. No such thing as just following orders. The kid should have declined. -edit: it's also the lifters fault...

[@wattsinaname6975]

Some of them weren't even paying attention tho, so I guess we can add their parents as well.

[@justsomeguy4955]

​@@M60gunner1971 how is it the lifters fault tf?

[@L0CALDRUGMAN]

why the fuck there is some 15yo kid spotting hundreds of kilos LOL

[@biglando1101]

They could have randomly chose some people from the crowd and got better spotters

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

The horrible part of this is I believe at the beginning of the video the commentators are talking about people volunteering to help. Texas...

[@A3gorist]

@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 What's wrong with Texas???????

[@sozeytozey]

The fact that they have children spotting at all is a joke

[@DJayAce4]

A 13 year old boy spotting a grown man trying to squat 500lb lol, right...

[@robertburguspowerlifting4419]

why is there a damn 12 year old spotting a 113kg bar??????

[@onechampion4128]

Idk but they should use it

[@KiraDidNothingWrong]

That kid doesn't even lift wtf.

[@creatinecutie]

hi kira

[@nath.7ay]

Ikr

[@promeyboy]

Hello Kira

[@yopo654]

Bro why the fuck are they hiring kids that probably can’t even open the pickle jar for high level powerlifting competitions lmao

[@Jd0299]

Lmao I totally agree

[@milesdurvasula8063]

Better question why did this get recommended to so many of us four years after it was posted

[@Jd0299]

@@milesdurvasula8063 that’s a good question

[@emanuel1281]

I wont allow a 14 year old to spot for me unless he looks like he does roids for breakfast lunch and dinner

[@nipoiv]

😂😂😂

[@Frank-db2lb]

this dude then kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaemhp6dh6-parM

[@trimunity]

The kid weighs 1 plate and they expect him to spot that....smh

[@richardzakh7209]

yep so irresponsible...people might get hurt it outrageous to put that skinny stick for that kind of job

[@s4bc]

lol throwing in 10 year old boys to spot?? honestly whoever is responsible for that should be arrested and jailed, not joking.

[@logxnn8220]

usually i would disagree with someone when they comment stuff like this but i agree with you man. Not safe at all for the lifters AND the spotters.

[@vividbuilds9755]

Why did you say lol

[@s4bc]

@@logxnn8220 bro they not only put the competitor at risk but they also put a minor at risk. it is illegal

[@Viking_Raven]

I'm sure you could make a case for negligence, unfortunately everyone involved probably signed disclaimers.

[@ramsy4205]

@@Viking_Raven doesn't matter bro it's child abuse

[@TR1AGE]

Why are small children spotting a powerlifting competition?

[@ShezzLuvsShadow]

Because these were the only poor chaps that volunteered. The majority of people don't volunteer to spot for comps as it is very physically and mentally demanding.

[@Fopalope]

@@ShezzLuvsShadow why attend a powerlifting event to just sit in the chairs. Main thing is though that all these spotters had no clue how to spot

[@Roger-gi6fb]

Why tf do they have little kids being spotters

[@edwardbarraza4848]

Sooo bad

[@MrAtomicAardvark]

1:49 yeah dude like wtf they doing, like he's flying solo right here.

[@RobinLundqvist]

probably because they can work for free :/

[@user-fz3ip3ke8p]

@@RobinLundqvist 1:51 one more of this and he never has to work again

[@user-fz3ip3ke8p]

@@RobinLundqvist 1:51 one more of this and he never has to work again

[@khristophsatori8826]

that's the company's fault. Why in the fuck would you children doing that. Not a single person had the smallest sense to stop that... smh...

[@ohareair552]

Some of them look like the haven’t touched a weight in their life

[@lightman9935]

Why would you put a fucking kid spotting a grown man that lifts 3 time the kids body weight when you have grown men already there?

[@TeemoForLife]

why is there some 15 year old kid who weighs 60kg, not even, spotting loooooool

[@geronimo020280]

Teemo4Life More like 40 kg hihi

[@abdulbutt1162]

DrGuevin u must be 60

[@AD4MANTIUM2166]

Not even that bout 50kg

[@abdulbutt1162]

Ad4mantium 2166 u must also be 60kg

[@abdulbutt1162]

Ad4mantium 2166 ok

[@lassemaja8382]

i would have refused to perform my lift if i saw a 12 year old 80lbs kid as my spotter.

[@kyunikoi]

"Let's watch the slow-mo and see what happened here" What happened was you put a fuckin 12 yr old on one side of the bar and two full grown adults on the other side. Who plans this shit

[@Aubrie-yz1dk]

stupid people, stupid people who don't think to worry about the safety of the lifters.

[@imitatsiya]

americans

[@brian4544]

Why the hell would they put children who have never even lifted as spotters???? Really shows the level of intelligence of the staff that makes these decisions.

[@noro5069]

Errors like this prevent the sport from becoming great

[@hanteo.]

2:13 “wHaT hApPenEd HeRe???” You have a 13 year old kid that weighs as much as my dog spotting at a powerlifting tournament 😐😐😐

[@TheSelleycopter]

I've seen this video so many times and it never fails to blow my mind that they let a small child spot by themselves. Why would you have two people on one side and a kid on the other. Genuinely don't understand how no one stopped that from happening.

[@invalidcrazy7034]

You have a big ass dog. Edit: Yes, my bad, dogs are big

[@lazgamr1598]

@@invalidcrazy7034 Not really, a lot of dogs usually weigh 80-100lbs or so

[@kev5924]

@@invalidcrazy7034 i mean.. there are big dog's breeds u know. Not only chihuahua and shitzu

[@peanutjam7601]

Manager: hey kid do you wanna make 2 bucks. Kid: say no more fam.

[@sabertoothfitness9300]

i don't understand why they don't have a hydraulic spotting system or at least safety arms at these levels of competitions. these are the heaviest lifts of the world - protect them.

[@MonarchPoolPlaster]

Hydraulics can fail too. That's why you use safety pins when working on hydraulics just in case you lose compression.

[@Journe2God]

For anyone talking about the last clip where he fell out. The guy behind him is actually spotting correctly. You’re supposed to get under him and lift him up. It’s the guy on the right he had the bar to low he wasn’t strong enough. That’s why they switched him out.

[@riflemanwilq5343]

He not only wasny strong enough. They all dont know how to hold the bar

[@ThomasThorr]

Only one spotter was doing his job half right. You can't stand on the end of 400kg and bicep curl it up with your wrists, you need to hug the weights themselves not the bar. The inner left spotter was half right. Needed to be closer. Rear spotter should have followed the lifter down completely instead of halfassing it at the end. Absolutely pathetic

[@daltongraham9045]

I do not understand why they don't just use a squat rack with proper safety bars? Would be 1000 times more safe.

[@jiadizhang4107]

Good question.

[@Ema-fm5zy]

@Victor Zhan huh? So having 3 guys blocking the view offers more visibility than a tiny bar? Plus they only need to put it there once and they need to go there to setup the rest anyway.

[@opiumlover91]

Letting the bar go is instant disqualification in all federations.

[@CartoonWeasel]

This is like 5 years ago. Those bars weren't even being used apart from a tiny amount of yuppies.

[@Viking_Raven]

Assuming that you have good spotters there wouldn't be a need for that, in most powerlifting meets if someone fails a lift the spotters help him rerack the bar. Dropping it in the middle of the room would be messy, probably dangerous for people around and I guess it would be expensive to have to constantly switch bent safety bars and barbells.

[@CrouchingGrandpa]

Today for detention children you will be spotting at IPF worlds. I don't want to hear ANY complaints!

[@jdh5397]

Underrated comment

[@stevenarvizu3602]

Why do all the spotters look like they were at this event to get extra credit in their PE class

[@matevalkai3335]

fr 😭

[@colbyreinhart2333]

For anyone wondering what the last guy was doing, there was nothing wrong with him. He thought the bar was going down so he tried to lunge forward so as to avoid being crushed. The back middle spotter was completely oblivious to this for some reason and kept a grip on him. That "convulsing" was him trying to break free from his own spotter. Absolutely horrible job by these spotters. Management put the lives of all of these competitors at risk at this meet. Personally if I would've seen this sort of spotting happening before I went up I would've never gotten under the bar.

[@alvaroponce709]

Nah ... he was just a clown exagerating the situation.

[@pvt.p5558]

@@alvaroponce709 have you ever..... Tried to lift 914 pounds?

[@Kemisina9]

Imagine squatting 400lbs and fetus comes up to spot you...

[@kraithaywire]

Lmao

[@AutoMotivate]

fr, lmao.

[@geniusmarcsays2434]

ants

[@Nick-xc4fy]

It's like having a life guard that can't swim try and save you from drowning...

[@Nikola10181]

Why tf are they putting a kid as a spotter!?

[@timg2447]

In order to be a spotter at the IPF Worlds you must be under 18 and no more than 160lbs.

[@woffordwolf2071]

Tim TimerDimDime and not be able to curl more than 25lbs.

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

Yo dude i know that this comment is old,but you are kinda stupid, i'm 16 and a half and you can clearly see that i'm pretty big,i have like 46-47,5 ish cm arms something like that and ive seen manny people like you,who looked like sticks or fat all their life and thinking that you have to be 20+ to be big while on gear and this is straight bs,if you go to gym at like 14 to 20 and knowing what you doing you will look better than people that take steroids(well atleast for my genetics) and i'm not that impressive look at Larry Wheels at 18- kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4PGkmmhncufqNk

[@R0DSTER]

you would think it’d make sense for the spotters to first test bringing the weight down and back up to test if they can do it comfortably, before the actual lift

[@user-zz7wh5ls7j]

If someone is failing there rep theyre still helping the spotters

[@R0DSTER]

@@user-zz7wh5ls7j yes, but it makes no sense to actually count on it…what if the lifter can’t help (something snaps/they pass-out etc)? the spotters need to be fully able to take over the full weight

[@dr.chopper3804]

One dude could barely lift one side of he bar like why the fuck is he even there

[@likainenerkki7047]

@@dr.chopper3804 his dad's probably some big shot so this 100lbs kid was allowed to spot a 550lbs squat. That's usually how it works.

[@WillowOD]

Wtf did I just watch???? Did they get random kids from the audience and a couple guys from a gaming convention to spot +500 lbs

[@viklifts-zk8bl]

Notice how you can always tell which spotter is gonna fuck up?

[@thekoolcidreezo1908]

Fr you can see them not paying attention and not setting up for the spot correctly

[@projetoventura]

Every single time

[@biglegs3361]

I’d be furious if that happened to me. I’m not huge, but that kid on the left doesn’t even appear to have a bicep at all, let alone any strength in it

[@bodhip]

Aha no biceps

[@gregspencer7287]

Literally have CHILDREN spotting for PROFESSIONAL POWER LIFTERS. I’m quite a big guy but my no means the size of these guys, and not moving nearly the same weight. My spots in the gym are bigger, stronger and more competent.

[@actimasprime6226]

Nobody gets it with last one. The guy forces the lifters lower back to bend more by lifting him up against the weight...... which is going down. Hence the spastic display

[@adrianciotinga8718]

This makes me so mad to watch. Not only are the spotters obviously not strong enough to be spotting the weight, they don't care at all about doing their job either. I'd be pissed if my gym partner acted like this, let alone at a meet of this level.

[@jamie193]

Spotting at this level requires legitimate expertise. It’s the organisers fault for just throwing together a bunch of guys who work out a little and expecting it to be safe.

[@nickmills8476]

Yeah, a lot of them are kids. What were the organizers thinking?

[@ExphazedGames]

Why was my 13 year old cousin spotting on the right lmaoo 💀💀😂😂

[@dimebagmetal2277]

Why the fuck do they have spotters that look like they can't even lift a 10 pound dumbbell. If I was a competitor I would want someone who looks like they can handle it if shit hit the fan. This was frustrating as hell to watch.

[@loveisthemostpowerfulforce1397]

Yeah, they have sticks spotting them.

[@randomorange6807]

It seriously looks like they just got some kids off the street to spot these pros

[@twizz420]

Do they pay their spotters by body weight or something? I don't see why they would hire literally the smallest kids they can find for a fucking POWERLIFTING spotter

[@zadinal]

They probably weren't hired at all. Free admission to the event. This is just disgraceful.

[@pendekarsatria7368]

Just because it's free doesn't mean you should taste it

[@TheSaxon1321]

Why the fuck are there kids spotting...

[@weeklongrat2307]

Samuel Lee ikr

[@thegoat496]

Probably some meet directors son fucking idots

[@burnedflowers141]

2:25... just ridiculous. Wheres the logic to get someone who has clearly never lifted a day in their life hahah.

[@IRLguy777]

I don't know why competitions like these just don't do this shit in a squat rack with the safety bars set to the correct height.

[@hotman718]

at 3:15 the spotter directly behind him fucked up. He trapped the guy under the weight of the bar, thats why the guy was trying to bail from underneath because he was trapped, it looked like he was convulsing. at that point you step out from behind him and just let him drop the bar on the ground

[@lildingdong918]

why do they have a 12 year old who probably plays video games all day spotting

[@11DaltonB]

Deaquan Jr *why do they have a 12 year old spotting for adults lifting far too much weight for a kid.

[@UrielSuarezElectro]

Texas is stupid like that

[@gc6329]

"Hey we need you to go hire some spotters." "Okay where should I go to find some, the local gym?" "No, why don't you go check Chuckie Cheese's."

[@israelvaldivia2686]

Coopa Jay when people take your sarcasm seriously

[@dechill698]

If the guy is squating 300kg and your spotter cant even squat 100kg... You cant expect much

[@austinkim9402]

4:37 "I don't know what else the spotters could have done" Maybe spot?

[@austinkim9402]

@@Mykhaiel No lol

[@rye-bread5236]

@@Mykhaiel He should have mirrored the guy on the left. He did well. Also if you back spot you pull up with the crooks of your elbows.

[@clashmasterx3253]

WHY ARE 12 YEAR OLDS SPOTTING

[@tyeberiusmcintyre1879]

these spotters look like completely random people pulled off the street....

[@s3bastian289]

Lol

[@morgard211]

Are you implying the existence of partially random people?

[@tyeberiusmcintyre1879]

@@morgard211 partially random people fall much closer to expectations, so yes

[@devinsorensen4676]

Isn’t it weird how people tend to ask someone who they think can handle the weight they’re about to lift when at the gym? When I’m benching my 305 max, I usually won’t ask a 90lb woman to spot me.

[@max4865]

This shouldn't even be an issue in the first place. How is there no safety equipment, like a metal rack that the weight can rest on if the athlete can't handle it??? Most modern gyms have that.

[@Andrew..J]

I once was squatting 585 lbs (265 kg) and i looked at my 19 year old maybe 160 lb left spotter thinking, how is this kid supposed to help me? I talked with the director and he said, "youll be fine, your spotters were trained and know what to do". I was confident that i could get it being below my max but i leaned forward too much and the weight fell on me, the right side went up but the kid (i dont blame him, he was giving everything he had) couldnt get it off. My two friends ran up and got the weight off after a solid 10 seconds. I got up, walked to the director and yelled as loud as i could "I FUCKING TOLD YOU YOU NEEDED TO CHANGE THE SPOTTER, THAT KID PROBABLY COULDNT DEADLIFT HALF OF WHAT YOU TOLD HIM TO FRONT SQUAT! ARE YOU ALL THIS FUCKING STUPID I COULD HAVE BROKEN MY BACK!" I got dq'd for that.

[@TheTerminator412]

Andrew Jatib I would compete elsewhere. Who cares about drug free, we're freaks. ORDER 66 THE USAPL. I'm glad I never competed in any of their meets. I've heard nothing but bad things. They seem like a bunch or robots with no personalities. Can't stand that.

[@petercompeau4429]

2:07 wtf is a 10 year old doing spotting with that much weight

[@lawlor2925]

Why do they use ten yr olds to spot them lol

[@bilaljassat8496]

Why is a kid spotting 125

[@shyshka_]

Lmfao are those like 13 year old kids in some of those clips spotting?

[@kingmyers6493]

Man the grammar two years ago was terrible

[@BanjoJo]

Can someone explain why such an offical event has children spotting?> l;ol

[@trevdahealer]

Banjo Jo cause it’s America

[@lee-ani]

I'm not sure. Not long ago they put rules in saying you can't have anyone but whos provided as a spotter. Its kind of a bullshit play because safety should be the most important thing. A lot of people are more comfortable going all out on the lift with people they know can spot. Thats not always the case but i've seen more people hurt over this bullshit

[@franciscogutierrez818]

I would refuse to have a spotter that weighs less than my dog

[@solar999]

u telling me all they could find was kids? any decently fit 20-40 yr old male who has a decent diet woulda been 50x better than some 13-15 year old thats more worried about his hair rather than the lift.

[@rik9833]

Thats disrespectful asf. The amount of training to put in to perform in these competition is enormous

[@martynas1819]

@@rik9833 really?? Did that kid spotter train a lot too?

[@martynas1819]

@@rik9833 they clearly didn’t take the time to choose the right spotters

[@heirofcarnage1782]

@@martynas1819 I think (may be wrong) that Rik was saying that the kid was being disrespectful, and that the lifters put massive amounts of training to perform. That's how I read their comment anyways.

[@philu3]

What's with the 14 year olds used as spotters?

[@timoac9965]

well, that 50 kilo kid is not at fault here. who the FUCK hired HIM as a SPOTTER? man, just make him offer water to the athletes but dont put him there to potentially lift 3 times his weight at the end of a bar

[@BigBlueJake]

Everyone is a volunteer at a powerlifting meet. High school boys are usually the most readily available supply of spotter/loaders. Usually anyone who's big enough for the job is lifting in the meet.

[@Tomatokiller944]

3:42 "He tried to stay with the bar". Looked more like one of the spotters forced him to stay with the bar to me.

[@hariJAJAJA]

Of course it's the black guy that tried to hold him hostage there

[@Dis_iplined]

@@hariJAJAJA bro wth

[@blackswordsman2988]

@@hariJAJAJA HQHAHAHQHA

[@body3459]

@@hariJAJAJAthe fact that you’re accurate 💀👍🏻

[@Rsconquest]

You sign up to squat the weight, you squat the weight. There is no escape.

[@Freakbob28]

Wtf who put that kid there

[@irelianeedsbuff9041]

an event like this an they cant ask for 3 big dudes from any gym to help out. I bet they will help out for free too

[@5000MikeMaster]

IRELIA MAIN we are an expensive breed

[@souravgarg2873]

But IPF is a drug tested federation. Guess their spotters are drug tested too. The big guys wouldn't clear the criteria. Hence.

[@mattwrzos1464]

Wtf are little kids spotting 100s of pounds

[@onetwothereefour]

For the massive guy, you can't spot that kind of weight. You need to dump that behind you or safety pins. For the other those, how stupid putting 12 year old kids to spot 200kg

[@swedishhousemfia]

Opus PRYDZ!

[@grimhellraven1557]

Why are they using skinny kids as spotters??? Wtf is going on here ??

[@MarkOBrian]

Legit I was thinking the same thing. Looking at the size of his legs he won’t able to hold up shit 🤣

[@TheTobiasSimon]

How hard is it to get some other powerlifters to spot them?

[@dannyhantx]

Why are they letting some 12 year olds spot 600+ pounds on squat? Get some guys who lift...

[@lordtachanka9754]

Using an 8-12 year old kid as a spotter. Wtf is wrong with these people.

[@quintonb9908]

bro you deadass could've drove to each bus stop around the city and found more qualified spotters

[@kennynakawaki]

Did they just like… put a flyer up saying, “Need spotters. Any age.” 🤣

[@7784000]

Lightweight is preferred

[@Idc.350]

They should really make sure the group of people spotting them can all lift the weight together before they let them spot the lifters

[@Ray-ul9rw]

Fr

[@erounyi]

Hey! Let's cut costs and try to get 12 year olds to spot!

[@juicenot2481]

hey lets incur costs in the first place and encourage weak idiots to lift weight they have no hope of lifting

[@TheRealSwampOperator]

" he go up to the playground and get 4 of the smallest kids you can find.. tell em we will pay them a couple of lollipops" - these people

[@imsraxyt8122]

Why are they putting kids as spotters instead of grown adults??

[@prabhav1788]

Volunteer hours I guess lol

[@thetaylor650]

This very easily could have killed someone, whoever coordinated this event should never be allowed to do so again

[@peter4999]

You wanna lift some heavy weights do ya. Well ive got the perfect spotter for you. *12 year old kid emerges from darkness*

[@MarkusBalla]

peter kennedy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂lmao

[@BiscuitsnTea]

its like they went to the local primary school or highschool and said the people with the highest math marks will get to be spotters .

[@ZeddMT2]

do they not test in advance how much the spotters can lift???

[@Rsconquest]

@@menboys By having a weight fall on top of them :P

[@KeckZ]

why are even ppl spotting who dont lift

[@jonah8778]

What about odd people?

[@christianbeutel249]

why tf cant they just buy a normal rack with safety bars

[@SeekGrace]

Wtf is a 50 kg highschool kid doing there.

[@AUTOMATON_GRUNT]

fr, kid looks 13