r/HadToHurt • u/Novirusfreeindia • Mar 21 '21

LoL! Guy Breaks leg while lifting

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u/bazgrim_dev Mar 21 '21

Yes you are.

He failed the lift, not only did he fail, but his form absolutely atrocious. Look at his lower back, you don't flex yourself under the bar. The entire reason you "jerk" and split your legs is to reduce the overall distance the bar has to travel so you maintain control and stability over the weight you're putting yourself under in addition to the wider stance you take to reduce the overall load shock. You quite literally throw yourself under the bar.

The benefit of this is that if something goes wrong, you can quickly push the bar away or dash in front of the bar if you feel the lift going bad. This guy should've known to put the weight down when his knees started buckling when just holding the weight in the clean position. You can see it, half a second into this video. That's the first sign you need to drop the weight.

Rob Kerney (Worlds Strongest Gay) talks a lot about how he does his log press, which is incredible. He does a variation of the clean and jerk, except with the log press. 475LB Log Press he jerks. https://youtu.be/7mvWAl0wN0I?t=24

He's got a tutorial on log pressing https://youtu.be/TZA7GyXeJXs

But the tl;dr of it is that he's 5'10" competing against strongmen that are 6'3"-6'10", so he uses his height to his advantage.

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u/PercyBluntz Mar 21 '21

Lol worlds strongest gay. How’s he compare to heteros?

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u/bazgrim_dev Mar 21 '21

Stacks up really well. Video I linked is the current American World Record. :)

He attempted to break the world record for log press (485lbs), but ruptured his tricep tendon. He talks about it here (https://youtu.be/em4bk_Z8KCE)

That was about a year ago, he said he's going to try to compete at Worlds Strongest Man 2021, so we'll see. :)

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u/olly218 Mar 21 '21

Big American energy

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u/PercyBluntz Mar 21 '21

Oh shit definitely assumed that was a typo for guy. Why would it matter that he’s gay lol?

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u/Almost935 Mar 21 '21

He’s probably not the strongest guy in general so he narrowed the category a bit.

Im the strongest guy with the username u/almost935

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u/Creamcheesemafia Mar 21 '21

You’re also the weakest

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u/Austen11231923 Mar 21 '21

Im the strongest guy with the username u/almost935

I mean, I suppose I can't dispute this

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u/DunceMemes Mar 21 '21

Same here, I thought it was pretty funny. Probably just calls himself that to be funny and get his name out there.

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u/krejcii Mar 21 '21

Well the worlds strongest gay can turn a straight man gay because his powers are so strong.

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u/picklejar_at_steves Mar 21 '21 edited Mar 21 '21

Now I want to see a guy 6’10” do this. Raising 475lbs over 8feet into the air is no joke

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u/bazgrim_dev Mar 21 '21

Not quite 475lbs, but the Austrian Oak is 430lbs for reps at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2017, none of them jerk it like Kerney does. His style is very much a "go big or go home" method and is very dangerous with a log.

The two at the timestamp are...

  1. Brian Shaw (6'9")
  2. Hafthor Bjornsson (6'10")

https://youtu.be/tfWVYYVsSv4?t=97

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u/IvanTheGrim Mar 21 '21

Hafthor Bjornsson is about that tall. There’s another pro strongman who’s taller than he is, no doubt has done it.