Have you ever hurt yourself in the gym?

[sessa]

I have never hurt myself in the gym but I did a funny thing once.

I was squatting in the power rack. I was working with a trainer so I had full confidence to just kill the ass to the ground squats.

So I got 8 full reps out and then I got enough strength to rack it, and bam.... i fell forward. I lost all control of my legs. It was really funny to watch that happen.

 

[squatmonkey]

Thats my goal everytime I go!!!!

 

[NJL52]

I've been injured so many times that I can't keep track of it all..

List:
- Strained quad senior year of highschool football. Still haven't recovered 100% and I aggravate it often.
- Weak and moderately painful hip flexor. Always been that way.
- Lower back pains from squating every now and then.
- My left knee was very sore for about a month at the beginning of the year.
- Severe high ankle sprain Junior year in High school. Never will fully recover.
- Slight shoulder pains...although everybody has these.

None of it is really that painful, just it stays around. Most of the blame goes to myself however, I don't like staying inactive long enough for any of my ailments to heal, so they stay with me.

 

[lanky]

there was someone on this board circa 2001-2003 that cruched the tip of his penis when he went to rack a dumbell. i think he leaned foward and his unit laid on the rack at the exact time he put the dumbell back on the rack..

 

[Powerbuilder333]

The disfiguring injuries include two hernia's (repaired), and one snapped left lat tendon - not repaired.
Oh yea - and a torn right quad - not repaired.

 

[gjohnson5]

never in 20+ years...

 

[MaxxReps]

Injuries in both rotator cuffs, lateral and medial epicondylitus in both elbows. I didn't start lifting until after 40 and didn't ease into it as I should have. I am much smarter now.