self-spot

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person self-spots · participle present self-spotting · participle past self-spotted · past self-spotted

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

    It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.

    2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123
    2 more examples

    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, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23

    The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.

    2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, page 44

Origin

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

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APA

self-spot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-spot

MLA

“self-spot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-spot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-spot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-spot.

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