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Old 04-21-2011, 12:01 AM   #6255
white_guilt
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Originally Posted by jimzilla View Post
Some poor guy at the SFU gym got carried out on a stretcher today....

The guy was doing Romanian deadlifts with a crazy arched back and I was watching him, and he finishes his set and puts the weight down (225lbs) and he just collapses and starts seizing. When he finally comes to he wasn't able to stand straight up, if he did he would enter shock again. Pretty sure the guy herniated a disc or pinched a nerve in his lower back. Poor guy will probably never do deadlifts again. First time I've had to do first aid.

Scary shit.
YOu serious??? I was going to go up there today. Holy fuck that's messed. I've pulled a hamstring doing deads a long time ago and while it hurt like hell , I was only out for a few months and I am super careful about my form. When I see a bad bend in people's backs while doing deads, I can't help but point that out to them so they don't hurt themselves. Deads are by far the most popular exercise at the SFU gym so I hope they don't ban them based on this one incident.
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