A good spotter equals a safe workout

When you are using a person as a spotter when you are unsure of the weight that you are lifting you and your spottrer should know what position both of yall should be in. I will only go over one and that is during the bench press position. On starting position when with both of the lifter's hands on the bar, the spotter should put his or hers hands under the bar (like the spotter is doing a karate chop, but in reverse) The spotter should only let the full weight of the bar rest on the lifter whern the lifters arms are fulls locked vertical above the lifters head. This preventas a finger slip on the bar. CHALK SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED during any heavy lifting. When the weight is being lifted down onto the lifters chest the spotter should bend its knees as well as keep it's hands under the bar. The spotter only puts enough pressure on the bar, on the vertical push by the lifter, to keep the spotters hands on the bar. When racking the bar the spotter should rlease the pressure off of the lifter and help rack the bar onto the metal claws that hold the bar in place.