Did A CrossFit Athlete Work Out So Hard Her Arms Exploded?
Did a CrossFit athlete work out so hard her arms exploded? That’s what it sounds like and it seems horrifying!
Thankfully, this is something many of us on Dave & Chuck The Freak will never have to worry about. Seriously, how hard are you working out for this to happen? It’s a lot like the story we talked about on air the other day where lacrosse players worked out with a Navy SEAL and ended up in the hospital. Yes, working out is good–but not when you take it to the extreme!
How Did A CrossFit Athlete Work Out So Hard Her Arms Exploded?
A good work out will leave you feeling swole. You’ll feel pumped up and probably sore. Maybe you feel like you can’t lift your arm anymore and they’ve become useless. What you probably haven’t had happen was your arms explode after your workout. Unfortunately, it sounds like that’s what happened to this CrossFit athlete!
According to The New York Post, a South Carolina woman, Jessica Johnson, was hospitalized after her arms “exploded” while doing pull-ups during a high-intensity CrossFit routine. It sounds like she was participating in the Murph Challenge which is a cross-training regimen where you run a mile, complete a circuit of 300 squats, 200 push-ups, and 100 pull-ups, followed by another mile run afterwards. Yeah, that sounds like it could be a lot on your body!
It sounds like the Charleston native didn’t have any problems until she left the gym that day when she started to notice she was pretty tired but assumed it was because she hadn’t worked out her arms in a while. The next day, her arms were sore and swollen which was new to her. She tells The New York Post, “I thought ‘I haven’t done pull-ups in forever, it was a hard workout, they’ll go down, it’s fine.” However, problems continued when she realized she couldn’t fully extend her arms to brush her teeth or get ready.
The next few days, her arms remained swollen and even a darker orange color compared to how they usually look. She also noticed that despite drinking a lot of water she wasn’t peeing. Finally, when she lost feeling in her hands she went to the hospital and after one look at her arms the doctor said she needed to go to the ER immediately. That would be scary to hear! It turns out the blow up was due to rhabdomyolysis which is a life-threatening condition where muscles break down and release toxic chemicals into the bloodstream. It’s basically poisoning your blood. They were able to get in and cut open her arms to relieve the swelling. She was discharged from the hospital days later with some liver damage but is expected to make a full recovery.
Don’t work out too hard! Take your time and don’t over do it, it can lead to some serious problems!
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