USC's Stafon Johnson Rushed to Hospital...

[St. Francisco]

...for emergency surgery after he was bench pressing, and dropped the fucking thing on his throat!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4512778

Christ, I can't even imagine.

 

[Primetime]

Slipped out of his right hand. Fucking OUCH.

 

[Primetime]

This is why i'm not a fan of bench presses lol, was nobody spotting him?

It's hard to react to something like that either way.

 

[Sharkweather]

That just puts something extra into your mind next time you go to bench.

 

[krulmichael]

This is why i'm not a fan of bench presses lol, was nobody spotting him?

Saw this earlier today. Definitely sounds painful as hell, I can't imagine either. And yes, someone was spotting him but it's kinda hard to react to something that fast. I'm sure after it fell the guy got it off within a second, but still.

 

[Goober]

Damn, I hope he's ok. Just thinking about that happening to me, is painful.

 

[SHOGUN]

Sounds incredibly painful. I hope he can pull through this.

 

[Tailback U]

On the SC boards they are saying Johnson was working with 275 lbs. and had a spotter at the time.

If it slipped out of his hands and fell on his throat there is no way in hell a spotter could have stopped it. Maybe slowed it down if he had his hands under the bar at the time but a lot of spotters do not spot like that, especially when these guys are all advanced weight lifters and 275 is most likely something Stafon does on the regular.

They did say that the spotter helped get the weight off right away and had he not been there the situation would have been much worse.

 

[1ke]

I was just about to ask you Omar....If the spotter could have even done anything.

 

[St. Francisco]

On the SC boards they are saying Johnson was working with 275 lbs. and had a spotter at the time.

If it slipped out of his hands and fell on his throat there is no way in hell a spotter could have stopped it. Maybe slowed it down if he had his hands under the bar at the time but a lot of spotters do not spot like that, especially when these guys are all advanced weight lifters and 275 is most likely something Stafon does on the regular.

They did say that the spotter helped get the weight off right away and had he not been there the situation would have been much worse.

Thanks...I was wondering what he was lifting, I knew it had to be around 250.

God damn, I gotta stop talking about this, makes me cringe just thinking about it.

 

[Tailback U]

I was just about to ask you Omar....If the spotter could have even done anything.

Honestly there's nothing you can do with that much weight unless you have your hands under the bar and are supremely strong.

275 just slipping out of the guys hands and falling like that is going to fall fast and it is going to be incredibly heavy because of it's momentum and it is so unexpected.

And even if the guy spotting is really strong, he would basically have to upright row 275 to get it off of Stafon's throat, and that is a shitload of weight to move by yourself like that in that kind of situation. I'm 99% sure that he would have needed another guy to get the weight up and rack it.

A doc over at the SC boards broke down the possibilities of the injuries that Johnson most likely suffered, he is most likely done playing football this season and his career could be in jeopardy, depending on the severity of the injuries.

 

[padman59]

Here's to a speedy and full recovery. I can't imagine having a bar falling on my throat like that.

 

[longhornfan]

How does this shit happen? I'm thinking Johnson might have been doing what blitz is talking about.

But hopefully he comes back healthy, I thought he was a good pro prospect.

 

[Rush]

Feel awful for the guy man I wouldn't wish that upon anybody.

 

[strahanfan92]

wow good luck this is awful..

 

[Tailback U]

Happened to my friend in HS except with about 100 pounds less on the bar. Bar didn't hit his neck though, it hit him square on the face. Totally shattered the guys face, you could see the cartilage on the mats and shit.. They pressed like 30 towels against his face and it didn't do shit. He had to be airlifted and have major reconstructive surgery on his face.. This is why after you can't lift dumbbells anymore there's really no point in getting any bigger.

what?

 

[Buzzman]

That sucks reminds me the time my dad was bench pressing and when he was going down, he saw my little sister right under the bar so he moved quickly to prevent from hitting her and when he moved the wieghts he lost his balance and the bar fell on his chest and snapped 3 ribs clean through the skin. Scariest moment of my life was seeing that shit and feeling so helpless to do anything.

 

[Tailback U]

It's true.. What's the point of being able to bench 275 pounds in the real world?

What do you mean the real world.

This is the real world.

What's the point of doing anything?

 

[Ca$ino]

He had 3 surgeries to repair is vocal chords, adams apple and muscles in his throat. docs say everything went well and feel good about his potential for recovery.

hopefully he gets a medical redshirt and is healthy to play next season. if not, i hope he can live a normal life without football.

 

[strahanfan92]

wow thank god