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Spot

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

/spɑt/verbCommon term

In sports & fitness, spot means: To stand next to someone who is lifting a heavy weight, ready to help if they cannot finish the lift safely.

In Turkish: yardımcı olmak, destek vermek, tutmak

How it is used

Gym language, used especially for the bench press and squat. You ask "Can you spot me?"; the person who helps is the spotter. Asking for a spot before a heavy set is part of normal gym etiquette.

Example sentences

  1. Could you spot me on this last set? It's a heavy one.

  2. The spotter helped him rack the bar on the final rep.

Common collocations

  • spot someone
  • ask for a spot
  • act as a spotter
  • spot me on the bench
  • bench pressAn exercise in which you lie on a flat bench and push a barbell or dumbbells up from your chest until your arms are straight.
  • barbellA long metal bar with weight plates added at each end, held with both hands for exercises such as squats, deadlifts and bench presses.
  • squatAn exercise in which you bend your knees and hips to lower your body as if sitting down, then stand up again; done with body weight or a load.
  • free weightsWeights that are not attached to a machine, such as dumbbells, barbells and kettlebells, so the user has to control and balance them.

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