Rest Day
Doc does it in Boots n' Yoots.
From "Getting Fit, Even if It Kills You", New York Times, December 22, 2005
While many gymgoers complain that they might not survive a tough workout, Brian Anderson can speak from experience. For his first CrossFit session, he swung a 44-pound steel ball with a handle over his head and between his legs. The aim was to do 50 quick repetitions, rest and repeat. After 30 minutes, Mr. Anderson, a 38-year-old member of the special weapons and tactics team in the sheriff's office in Tacoma, Wash., left the gym with his muscles sapped and back pain so excruciating that he had to lie in the driveway to collect himself.
That night he went to the emergency room, where doctors told him he had rhabdomyolysis, which is caused when muscle fiber breaks down and is released into the bloodstream, poisoning the kidneys. He spent six days in intensive care.
Yet six months later Mr. Anderson, a former Army Ranger, was back in the gym, performing the very exercises that nearly killed him. "I see pushing my body to the point where the muscles destroy themselves as a huge benefit of CrossFit," he said.
Read the full article here: Getting Fit, Even If It Kills You, New York Times. Interesting article, but some points are wrong or misguided such as the emphasis on speed versus technique.
Come to the one-hour lecture on Rhabdomyolysis. No advance registration req'd:
Where: 21st CSH basement, Bldg 10123
When: Thursday, March 4 @ 1600
Contact: Cpt. Evbuoman/Sgt. Malamas, 440-7317
