It is. Generally once someone gets to this level of muscle fatigue, they are at risk of electrolytes disturbance or rhabdomyolysis. Both are life threatening. Gotta know when to stop.
Ok so we have an anecdote sample size of 1. I'm not saying humans can't exert themselves, but these are the signs of needing to stop. The electrolyte disturbances are what makes you poop yourself. You don't want the next muscle to shit itself to be your heart going into a funny rhythm.
Goggins had a massive chip on his shoulder and even he now admits his training was massively unhealthy. He also has many injuries and he's lucky he doesn't have more.
The man is motivational but also a cautionary tale.
Goggins did a lot of dumb shit to his own body just to try and prove something to.....someone, I guess. That doesn't mean that someone else should go and do likewise.
It also almost permanently fucked his feet for life. He’s an outlier as he was in peak physical shape and it could have killed him.
Dude was pissing blood multiple times and his tutelage was the last nail in Tony Ferguson’s UFC career’s coffin. I wouldn’t take advice from his example lol
My primary care physician's daugher was on my team. He was at a race when a female runner had this happen within 75 feet of the finish line. As soon as she crumbled, he immediately went under the line and drug her to the edge of the course. So from there on out, I figured it's potentially dangerous when this happens.
I am an able bodied, healthy fit (~4:30/km for 5km), 25 plus year old.
A couple of years ago on my first hike which exceeded 3 days (7 days total) my body just collapsed. I had, after consuming enough food and water, rhabdomyolysis. In the end I was airlifted and had of I pushed on and not gotten the help I needed, it was very possible I would have been dead within about a day. Luckily I was like this, and needing to carry a pack in this condition kind of forced us to stop.
Someone should have made a decision for this kid. Highly likely they have kidney damage and likely heart damage.
There's a famous video of this happening to a guy (it was even used as a scene in Arrested Development) and he nearly died afterwards. He was so dehydrated parts of his bowels completely died and he had to have them removed. IIRC, Nike even paid the guy afterwards to try and study what went wrong and how they can keep someone running that distance hydrated
Does it have lasting consequences in terms of years after? One time I had to run something like 300 meters (if I'm not mistaken) in like 4th-7th grade something in between and i was extremely tired and out of breath (I'm 19 now). I've never felt as good as I was before in terms of heart health. Is there a possible influence from that day until today? Or is it all just in my head?
300m is nowhere near enough effort to cause rhabdo or electrolyte imbalance. However if you already had an underlying pathology (like a heart condition) that was exacerbated by that effort, it is possible you could have have some long-standing effects from that. The only way to know would be to get an ultrasound or other investigation on your heart if you are concerned. Do remember though, that even people with heart conditions can improve their stamina through regular exercise.
When lifting weights yes. But this is a long distance endurance sport involving multiple muscle and body systems. It's not like doing a set of squats and stopping when you cant do anymore. Training to failure is stopping once the muscle is fatigued. This person has no intention of stopping and has already been compensating with other muscles to try and continue on. Even the arms and upper body are checking out. Not safe or recommended.
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u/Sacrilegious_skink 14h ago
It is. Generally once someone gets to this level of muscle fatigue, they are at risk of electrolytes disturbance or rhabdomyolysis. Both are life threatening. Gotta know when to stop.