Well I think the proper way would probably be lower them down along side your body. Like sliding your elbows down your sides and letting your shoulders rotate. At least this way if it tumbles a bit it's usually heading along the bench and is probably a clear area. This works best for incline I suppose.

The way lots of guys try to do it is to lock their elbows at their side and just kind of try to toss it out sideways. This way the weight can tumble out sideways which is often right into the guy on the next bench.

If you're really worried about shoulder injury and don't want to have to throw them down then having someone hand them off to you would work best.

If all else fails just make sure ppl are out of your way if you have to drop them.

IW

i use my girlfriend for handoffs on heavier db days.

You live in an apt don't you?

I'm sure your neighbors would join the "hatin thread" if you were throwin weights around next door to/above/below them.

lol

IW

i'm on the second floor...wish i was on first :) would make things super easier :)

I understand dropping them at your sides, because its easy and there is usually nothing there...I see these douchebags put more effort into throwing the dbs then they put into actually lifting the weights...ridiculous...and that would be some crazy shit if you through a db and it either went through the wall or through the floor in your apartment...someone might complain about that.

i hate bodybuilding.COM
so many idiots in that forum that are just there to rip on poeple....
ive tryed searching for threads there but every time some one posts something there some dick who starts fighting with them and the thread is cut off.... or youll see some one ask something like.... "whats a good way to workout your legs" and some one will post an entire shoulder routine and then end post with "you suck"
ive never posted there.... it would be useles... i just buy from the site

i'm hating on hate.

haha i hate those dudes as well i had an inside joke for them me and my friend, would call them one inchers or one inch willies lmao