posted Mon, 08/27/2012 - 18:25
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So we were talking about dropping weight on toes in another thread so I though I'd post this. What is the most painful injury that has happened to you in the gym? serious injury or just hurting yourself.
The worst pain I have ever felt in the gym was when I was burning out on a curl or something when I put the dumbbell down I smashes the tip of my ring finger between the grip on the dumbbell and the support bar under the bench. I have never felt such a hot shooting pain. I yell the threw the dumbbell about 10ft instantly. Then had a black nail for 3 months.
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It was heavy weight too. I'm not a monster or anything, but I do overhead dumbbells at 115 lbs for 4 sets of 10. So I know it was heavy enough to fuck my shit up, lucky me.
CleyonI've been contemplating which story to share here as I've paid the "stupid tax" multiple times at the gym. However there is only one that has caused actual injury that sidelined me for any real amount of time.
The summer before my junior year my high school built a brand new wrestling room and weight room. Our first week back we weren't allowed to use the weight room (the football coach was also the Athletics coordinator, and a giant tool). On Thursday of that week me and my wrestling brothren were tired of it and decided to take over the weight room!
We waited until everyone had left, and went into the beautiful shiny new weight room. When in a new weight room, what would YOU hit first? If you said legs you are a lying bastard. Chest it is! We got on the bench (I went first of course), and started in. Kept it easy for the first set 135, then went up. At the time my max was 205, so I HAD to put up 205 in the shiny room! Well I did, and as I went for a second rep the bench below me just dissapeared. Not everything had been bolted together yet, and the bench and I dropped about a foot before being stopped by a crossbar. So the bench stopped, I stopped, but my arms could not stop the bar from continuing onward to my chest. It was the most sickning crack I've ever heard in my life, and all of the sudden I couldn't breath.
Anyway, two days in the hospital, and a month at home (not to mention three days detention) later I went back in there, and could barely put up 135...
That hurts just reading that DAYUMM!!
I was doing dumbbell presses & my nose started itching - I decided to stop at the top of the rep & tilt my head to the side & rub my nose on my upper arm. Well I did so but didn't notice my arm slowly going backwards, when I did notice I tried to stop it but momentum took over - my shoulder (rotator cuff) made a loud pop & my arm went limp like a flaccid dong. To this day I still have issues with it. Very painful lesson :(
Poetry right there brother. "Limp like a flaccid dong" Pure poetry...
I pride myself on my poetic prowess ;) "Penile Poetry"
i was in a hurry and was trying to knock out some weighted dips. I put the belt on and strapped a 45# plate to the chain. that was my first time using a 45# plate and i was unfamiliar with the size of the plate and how far it stood above the ground when rested on its edge. I hooked the chain into the belt and stood up and immediately racked myself with a 45# plate. Sent that plate right into my nuts. That hurt bad. no blood or anything, but my workout buds started laughing and as soon as i could start breathing again i laughed as well.
CleyonAs soon as you said "weighted dips" I knew you were taking one to the boys! LOL! I think we've all done that before.
I've done it, the strap was plenty long enough I just pulled the 45 up to fast and it caught some momentum but luckily my nuts were there to stop the plate.
they are exceptionally good at stopping things. feet, knees, plates, all sorts of stuff.
CleyonI really wish they'd learn to dodge! I've got 4yr olds (yes twins) that are at the exact right height... If the run up to me I get hit with a head, if I pick them up it's a foot.
Nature dropped the ball on this one, why would are nuts be on the out side where we can take a crippling hit, it would make more sense to have them protected lol
so i just spent the last 10 minutes checking out the wikipedia page on testicles. the pictures are hilarious.
CleyonLOL, I don't know why, but that mental image was funny to me. Like you're looking at wikipedia taking notes.
naguib123ulnar nerve entraptment aka cubital tunnel syndrome
i crushed my finger between two dumbbells before. result was a lot of bleeding, broken finger, i went into shock, and got a dozen stitches.
Has to be Anal prolapse during a powerlifting competition.
Damn that was fricken horrible.
Don't google it. Just take my word for it.
Just kidding.
tread-mYou knew that happened with cleyon in the van and we all know it so the "powerlifting " was BS. Nice catch though and way to man up brother!
CleyonDude! No making fun on my tuna can shaped dick!
Correction tuna can lid shaped dick. Lol
CleyonNo true, I have a solid inch of length!
I blew my lower back out 12 years ago doing squats in the gym(bad form). I couldn't stand up straight, worst pain I ever felt completely crippling. I had to get carried out by trainers. Better than the EMT's at 5pm with 300 people watching it. My back has never been the same.
Today after my workout I went to drink my pwo shake and a buddy of mine said something funny as I was chuging my drink and it came outa my nose and mouth and burned like a bitch. It made me sad and I almost licked it up off the floor. One time when I was new to working out, I dropped the barbell on my chest on the flat bench and felt my chest sort of cave in a bit and I was sore as hell for the longest time. It was 120 lbs and I dropped it all the way from the top. I think I remember being sore for an entire month.
Decline sit-ups, didn't drink much water that day and my abs locked up. Pain didn't last for long as I stretched them out, but damn my stomach felt like it folded up like a lawn chair.
Been there done that, It's not a good time
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I was locked up in co. And we had a weight pile outside in the middle of the yard. I was with one of my buddies helping him do leg presses on a sled and without thinking obviously put my free hand on the track to help pull the sled up. Somehow it didn't cut my fingers off but it broke the tip of my pointer finger in half so if I was pointing straight at you I was still pointing down. Damn it hurt.
Falling down the stairs in the gym
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A few weeks ago I was doing that gay arc trainer thing for some cardio after my workout. I hate cardio. Well I was pushing it hardcore for like 35 minutes. When I finished I went to go hit bis right before I was going to leave. As I got to the dumbbells both legs locked up and started to spasm I fell into a bench chair. Straightened my legs (bad idea) the pain was soooo bad. I had to sit for like 20 minutes in the same spot before I could limp my ass out of the gym lol
Well its more like a on going pain.. I have Tennis Elbow from going to heavy on my triceps over the years.. It really fucking sucks! ITs been Months since ive been able to do skull crushers and over head extentions Im trying to just stick to cables for now.. I would rather lose a Finger nail then this Bullshit any day. Nock on wood lol
doing low cable rows, got a lower back spasm so bad that i collapse to the ground. got up trying to walk and everytime i moved my right leg left a shocking pain going from my lower back down my right leg
picking up 90 db's to warm up with for chest. Lean back to get on the flat bench, and BAM DB slips and lands on my manness....... p.s that was today lol
I was working with the 100s and went to pop back up to put them back and some chicken shit walks right in front of me to grab some 20s. Needless to say I ended up with a 100 on my junk -.-
haha fuck, i am on tren.... that would NOT have ended well lol