Death under a 270kg barbell!

It is written and talked about everywhere that strength training has many health benefits. This is of course true, but it must not be forgotten that everything has its own safety rules, and it does not pay to underestimate them in any way!

Only 17-year-old athlete Yashtika Acharya found death under the barbell!

It happened on 18 February during one of the many training sessions of this Indian powerlifter and bench-press champion. The whole situation is all the more painful because it was caught on video!

On the other hand, this video can be a proof for many beginners as well as advanced exercisers that safety should never be underestimated, regardless of the fitness or performance of the athlete. Because, as this case illustrates, even the best athlete can stumble, and the combination of high weight on the barbell and the earth's gravity can wreak some real havoc. In this case, unfortunately, fatal.

Yashtika, under the guidance of her coach, attempted a squat with a barbell whose total weight was 270 kilograms.

However, as the video shows, several factors came together to prove the absolute underestimation of the whole situation!

Not only was the load clearly beyond the girl's strength, but the dumbbell was placed too high and therefore she must have had several layers of rubber pads under her feet. On the subsequent descent, the girl's legs logically buckled, she staggered, and as the rack did not have sufficient safety stops, and indeed there was a lack of any other restraint, the dumbbell immediately broke her neck.

Although attempts were made to resuscitate her immediately after the incident, and subsequently after she was taken to hospital, the young sportswoman's life could not be saved.