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Originally Posted by marlinssmith
Can you explain why? I use clips for everything but I can be convinced otherwise for bench. Not trolling just curious.
People that say this do so because if you get pinned under the weight, you can tilt the bar to one side and empty the weights... I'm not dogmatic about it, but I disagree, I think that it's safer to have clips so that the weights can't slip off one side and cause the bar to seesaw back the other way.
Obviously the ideal way is to have a competent spotter and failing that, bench in a cage/rack with the safety pins set at an appropriate. Also, the benches at my gym have little safety pins that are nearly as effective.