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A 27-year-old man in China died after his neck was crushed between the shaft of a barbell loaded with over 100kg of weights and the training bench he was lying on.
A harrowing, 29-second video on several news sites showed the man struggling to bench press over 100kg inside a gym in China’s Henan province, without a spotter, according to Yangtse Evening Post.
He barely had the barbell over his chest and was trying to push it onto a J-hook when his arms gave way.
The shaft, with about 50kg on each end, rolled from his chest to his neck, pinning his head to the bench.
For about 25 seconds, he tried desperately to wrench himself free.
At one point, he tried removing what seemed like a weightlifting belt he had on, but he began having violent spasms and suddenly went limp.