self-spot

English

Etymology

self- +‎ spot (“to support or assist a maneuver”).

Verb

self-spot (third-person singular simple present self-spots, present participle self-spotting, simple past and past participle self-spotted)

  1. (intransitive, weightlifting) To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight.
    • 2010, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23:
      Before a student attempts to take all their weight into their inner thigh, have them self-spot by placing their opposite hand on the bent knee.
    • 2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, page 44:
      The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.
    • 2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123:
      It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.
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