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self-spot

verb

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *(s)pel-✻
  2. derived from *splt-no-✻
  3. inherited from *spluttaz✻
  4. inherited from *splott✻
  5. inherited from splott — “spot, plot of land”
  6. inherited from splot
  7. derived from spotte — “spot, speck”
  8. inherited from spot
  9. prefixed as self-spot — “self + spot”

Definitions

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

    • 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.
    • The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.
    • It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA