Worst training accidents while trying to take it to the next level while on cycle

[fike]

So, back in 15 August 2023 I dropped too much weight too quick but still think I had my the ability to pull the same size lifts as when I was 195. I'm 5'11" by the way, and I was 181 at the time. First day, deadlifts, 550 for one rep. That was a personal best at 181 and I was stoked riding a high. The next day I defiifitelh didn't give my CNS time to cover and it was hot as shit and I was dehdrated and should have been doing shit. I wanted to try 350 for 3 reps. I got the first rep and at the bottle about 3 inches from my chest and I head a loud ass pop. I automatically knew what it was. I went inside and started icing. the next day my whole left bicep and tricep was black and blue and I could feel a huge knot in my chest. I knew that was my tendon. I got an MRI and it was an almost complete partial left pectoral tendon tear. They hurried me in to get surgery to repair and explained it would be long recover rd. I was just like, "fuck it, let's do this shit."

2 weeks later I caught staph in the wound and was in the hospital for another surgery and antibiotics and pain meds for a week. I had to wait two months for the would to heal before they would start physical therapy. I've bee in PT for two months now and making tremendous progress, but it'll still be 5-6 months before I'm back to full sport. On the bright side, I got to get my legs strong as fuck because I couldn't work much else.

All in all, it has been a real shitty experience. What are your guy's worst injury with weight training, especially under the influence of PEDs? How are you handling it? Have you pushed through yet?

 

[Sector]

Sorry to hear about your pec tear, OP. Unfortunately this is something that is more likely to occur on AAS, where you're muscular strength can outpace your tendon strength, and things like this can happen.

How did you get a staph infection as well if you don't mind me asking?

I've had multiple tears in my lifting career. Never to the point that required surgery thankfully, but I've also never really fully recovered 100% from the injuries either. I've had my knees cave inwards on a 585 squat due to my hip abductor strength not being up to par with my quads/hamstrings/glutes/back and tore my LCL in my right knee. Also have had rotator cuff tears (as in multiple tears) from heavy bench pressing, to the point where I no longer flat press (with DBs or barbell), and stick to mostly incline and decline press now as they're easier on the rotator cuff. It's definitely a learning experience, and I've since placed a much greater emphasis on mobility work, making sure I warm up extensively, avoiding exercises that cause strain on the affected areas, but most importantly, I've slowed down on progressively overloading the weight (just because I can increase the weight by 20lbs in a week, doesn't mean I will. I might only increase the weight by 5-10 lbs, and focus on getting more reps, and building up the tendon strength.) I do find this especially important on blasts where your strength can sky rocket, but just because you can lift a certain weight, doesn't mean you necesarilly should.

Try not to get discouraged though, even if you're on a long road to recovery. You'll come back stronger (eventually), and smarter.

 

[fike]

Sorry to hear about your pec tear, OP. Unfortunately this is something that is more likely to occur on AAS, where you're muscular strength can outpace your tendon strength, and things like this can happen.

How did you get a staph infection as well if you don't mind me asking?

I've had multiple tears in my lifting career. Never to the point that required surgery thankfully, but I've also never really fully recovered 100% from the injuries either. I've had my knees cave inwards on a 585 squat due to my hip abductor strength not being up to par with my quads/hamstrings/glutes/back and tore my LCL in my right knee. Also have had rotator cuff tears (as in multiple tears) from heavy bench pressing, to the point where I no longer flat press (with DBs or barbell), and stick to mostly incline and decline press now as they're easier on the rotator cuff. It's definitely a learning experience, and I've since placed a much greater emphasis on mobility work, making sure I warm up extensively, avoiding exercises that cause strain on the affected areas, but most importantly, I've slowed down on progressively overloading the weight (just because I can increase the weight by 20lbs in a week, doesn't mean I will. I might only increase the weight by 5-10 lbs, and focus on getting more reps, and building up the tendon strength.) I do find this especially important on blasts where your strength can sky rocket, but just because you can lift a certain weight, doesn't mean you necesarilly should.

Try not to get discouraged though, even if you're on a long road to recovery. You'll come back stronger (eventually), and smarter.

The staph had to have come from the hospital during initial surgery. That's all we can thing of.

I'm definitely backing off the weight of flat bench in the future. I can't risk it again. I'm going to keep it pushing it on quit and DL for now, but not on the bench anymore.

Thanks for the encouragement bro. I'll post a couple pics of where I went from surgery day up until last week. not too shabby.

 

[Sector]

The staph had to have come from the hospital during initial surgery. That's all we can thing of.

I'm definitely backing off the weight of flat bench in the future. I can't risk it again. I'm going to keep it pushing it on quit and DL for now, but not on the bench anymore.

Thanks for the encouragement bro. I'll post a couple pics of where I went from surgery day up until last week. not too shabby.

Geeze dude that actually gnarly! Thought it would just be a slight muscle tear, not your skin splitting open.

It looks like its healing up well though. Are you running any GH or TB500?

 

[fike]

Geeze dude that actually gnarly! Thought it would just be a slight muscle tear, not your skin splitting open.

It looks like its healing up well though. Are you running any GH or TB500?

I should have clarified...all the open wounds were where the staph took hold and they had to go in, cut me open, and clean it out. But it was definitely gnarly. I had to let that wound heal all the way up, which you can see in the last picture, before they would even start physical therapy which took two months. would have been longer if it was for my protocol.

But, yes, sir. I Started running GH, BPC-157 Daily and, and TB500 every 2 days since the staph operation. I'm a firm believer in the GH, TB, BPC combo for something like this where there is a lot of inflammation. It has helped me in more ways than with just this injury.

 

[jJjburton]

I should have clarified...all the open wounds were where the staph took hold and they had to go in, cut me open, and clean it out. But it was definitely gnarly. I had to let that wound heal all the way up, which you can see in the last picture, before they would even start physical therapy which took two months. would have been longer if it was for my protocol.

But, yes, sir. I Started running GH, BPC-157 Daily and, and TB500 every 2 days since the staph operation. I'm a firm believer in the GH, TB, BPC combo for something like this where there is a lot of inflammation. It has helped me in more ways than with just this injury.

Dude just give up flat benching for good….the biomechanics of having a fixed range of motion while pressing is a recipe for disaster, it is the only pressing motion have seen or hear people tear there tendon on chect.

Call it quits on fixed plain of motion barbell pressing and do dumbells.

Also do you have a indent on the surgery spot. I am hoping mine comes in and fills in with tissue, and i dont like the divet thats there, but at least i can workout.

As mine was also the pec tear…315 barbell on the 11th rep… what sucks is the weight felt so light….but my arms are long.

 

[4Drago]

Was young, and dumb. Did 1300lbs on the hip sled (leg press). I didn't have my hands on my knees because I was being cocky. My legs flared out too far putting extreme weight on one of the little strap like muscles in your inner thigh. Felt it vibrate and get hot. Jumped off as quick as I could but I know I tore something. Turned all black and blue and I couldn't walk at all for a few weeks. Took a long time to heal is all I remember. Was like 25 years ago. Never took my hands off my knees ever again and I made sure my knees stayed close together and not all spread part.

 

[Trainedbytylerlofthouse19]

Iv had the pleasure of an almighty knee pop during squats..

 

[eery]

The first thing i thought was "taking it to the next level of stupidity?"

Ive always been fine when ive tried to move things up a notch be it weight or rep targets cuz ive done it gradually under control. I have had a few strains during regular lifting though. As long as you keep form and control consistent i think you should be fine in most situations as long as your muscle and tendons are used to working at that intensity/effort level. Where you see people fucking up a lot of the times is where they let their technique or ROM change and they get an excessive load in a ROM they arent used to and thus are weaker there so their muscle or tendons cant support it and gives out.

but sometimes you are unlucky and shit happens as well. Train hard and dont be an idiot.

 

[OldGHGuy]

SLAP tear in the shoulder. Be careful with those shoulder joints oh ye older ironheads and stick to the basic exercises. Heavy skull crushers got me.

 

[Ateam2023]

i was doing slightly heavy barbell curls and popped/tore my bicep and bicep tendon oddly enough it didn't really hurt like one would think except for the bruising and obvious deformed bicep i did pt but my bicep now has an awesome peak lol after the fact lol