there are times that you legit NEED to drop weights. If you are pushing yourself hard and you have no spotter sometimes you have to drop a weight. I was doing over head presses, 100lbs per arm, did 6 reps and got INSTANTLY fatigued so there was no chance of me lowering it down slowly. So i flipped them over and dropped them from maybe knee high and some 300lb dude at the desk set off the alarm on me. I didn't grunt, make noises, i was by my damn self in the corner and dropped the weights ONE time. I laughed and canceled my membership day of.