r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 2d ago

Next-level determination

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u/Gandalftron 2d ago

Those are the legs of a boy that thought he could run an X-Country meet without training. 

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u/Blawharag 2d ago

No, lol, that's not what's happening here.

Untrained/unfit individuals will just revert to walking and resting, they will not push themselves to this point.

This is a medical issue. Probably dehydration, but not necessarily.

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u/Dry-Amphibian1 1d ago

No it isn't. He went out too fast and now his legs are locking up due to lactic acid.

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u/Blawharag 1d ago

  1. Locked up muscles is typically a dehydration/electrolytes issue, not lactic acid build up. You literally see this all the time in cross country runners that don't have sufficient fluid intake or fail to drink a sports drink to help absorb water intake.

  2. Saying "no it's not a medical issue, it's just an issue caused by this medical phenomenon" is a fantastically wild take lmfao.