Self-spot

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight. intransitive

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

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

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