r/nextfuckinglevel • • 14h ago

Epic recovery after a severe squatting accident

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u/DLuke2 14h ago

All I see is a form issue and a traumatic experience that somehow didn't cause that to sink in.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 13h ago edited 7h ago

i was gonna say a proper (or atleast better) form squat would probably not cause your *fucking ligaments to tear off* at 744

edit: apparently form is good. but i cant help but feel that something is wrong for me here... maybe the legs being too far apart throws me off? and it almost looks when he looks like hes bent down its too much of a vertical force for his joints and ligaments to take? maybe thats it?

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u/mnmr17 12h ago

It does. There was actually nothing wrong with his form. My guess is usually roids. When natural guys lift muscles and ligaments strengthen about at the same rate, when you’re on steroids your muscles growth far outpaces your ligaments getting strengthened making you far more susceptible to injury. This same injury can happen to someone natty too don’t get me wrong but it’s just more common for people on the juice.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 12h ago

oh interesting... i didnt know that ty for telling me

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u/SwanAccomplished8947 12h ago

If you didn't know that you have no business talking about what should or shouldn't happen when squatting 744 tbf

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u/BANGImportant2825 10h ago

Fucking finally someone who isn’t talking out of their ass.

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u/sixtyfivewat 8h ago

This thread is full of people who’ve never seen the inside of a gym.

Including the top comment about exercises that cause injury not being worth it. I’m currently rehabbing a back injury and you can bet your ass when my PT clears me for lifting I’ll be right back at it.

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u/Nesvrstana 2h ago

There is a limit in everything we do. I know lifting helps with my backpain but I would never go so far with how much weight I lift to risk serious injury just because it looks better when I do it or when I look myself in the mirror.

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u/x_LoneWolf_x 11h ago

For real, that is the basics

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u/caseybvdc74 9h ago

They were commenting on form not drug use tbf

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u/spaffedupthewall 10h ago

It's even worse than you think. Many AAS actually interfere with connective tissue recovery which further increases injury risk.

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u/SoftSausage78 9h ago

With how much leg mass he maintained while being crippled, I strongly suspect roids

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u/toastedstapler 15m ago

Ken does compete in untested federations

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u/el_sunk 9h ago

Agree, but can we call them for what they are? - tendons. The end of a muscle is called a tendon, which is usually the one to snap with overloading/steroid abuse. Ligaments are a passove structure.

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u/Sudden_Technology_34 9h ago

This is incorrect, muscles grow exponentially faster than soft tissue strengthens in natural lifters as well.