GIF Gallery: The Worst Workout Fails Caught on Camera

The terrifying prospect of a list like this is that it can someday be you dropping a barbell on your head. Actually, there's a lot of ways you can "Fail" while working out. If you're pushing yourself to exhaustion you can falter, you can trip, you can barf all over the hottest chick in town. Even if you avoid those potential pitfalls, an equipment malfunction can have you running to the ER. It's not that far-fetched a possibility that this list can either jog flashbacks of near death experiences, or (like we just said) include you in a future edition. There's a lot you can learn from this collection of visual warnings (Namely, don't put on too much fucking weight.)

In all honesty, the proper thing to do is to immediately help these people. Not record the mishap and upload onto the Internet directly after you get home. The lesson in all of this is be careful and know your limits; otherwise risk virility along with five-figure hospital bills. If you can't learn from the mistakes of others then their blunders were in vain. If you can avoid a rehab bed by watching these clips, then we'll bet these people would gladly suffer their pain all over again for your benefit. With that we give you The Worst Workout Fails Caught on Tape.

Note: As you may expect, a lot of these are pretty graphic. We actually eliminated some of the more gruesome ones (trust us there's some shit on YouTube you can never un-see). If you're squeamish or are about to go to the gym yourself in the next hour or so, you may want to think twice before reading.