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TIFU by passing gas at the gym

Happened earlier this week but alas, the FU remains.

That day was a 5x3 week at 80% I barely made it through my bench press and my wife and I were about to start our working sets for squats. I had a Scottish highland games competition last weekend so my legs were already sore. I loaded up 315lb and got ready.

I lifted it off the rack and already it felt like 355. First rep was hard but I made it through. Then I took a deep breath and prepared for what would become my final rep. The gas inside me loaded itself into the chamber. As I decended into prime explosion position the bomb went off announcing it's arrival in spectacular fashion. Embarrassment getting the better of me I looked around and no one seemed to notice... except for my wife, desperately trying not to laugh. This made me laugh and my braced core crumpled and I fell into full squat position with little hope of being able to press it back up.

At this moment I had failed and needed to bail onto the ironically named "safety rails". I attempted to bail but only one side landed on the rail. Unfortunately, due to using a wide grip, the other side pinned my hand between the bar and the "safety rail'. Fortunately I was able to roll it off but it injured my hand.

There I was, on my knees, 315lb barbell behind me at a cockeyed angle on one safety rail after releasing a loud fart in defeat. I looked around and it looked like no one even noticed (except of course my wife who was panicked). I'm not sure if they were just in their own world with their headphones in or were just being polite but either way, no one made a big deal about it.

TLDR: I barbell squatted 315, farted, laughed, failed, tried to bail, one side missed the safety rail, the other squish my hand between the rail and the bar. Fortunately it was just bruised and not broken.

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