In my most recent AMA I was asked:
“Have you ever shit yourself while squatting?”
My answer was:
“I did pass out while lying on the floor during a leg session, and I woke up in shit and piss.”
Added notes to this: I also had the taste of vomit in my mouth and my throat was burning and hurt because I’m guessing I swallowed whatever came up.
After a high-volume day of leg presses, and other @mountaindog1 training, I decided to add a challenge set of squats after the session was over. I ended up getting pissed because I didn’t get what I wanted and made a huge strip set out of it until I couldn't breathe anymore.
While not the training session this is about, HERE is an example of one leg session with John. This is another one that got a lot of attention.
Like an idiot, I didn’t walk it off, because my legs were cramping and I hit the floor breathing like a freight train.
I woke up in what seemed like 20 minutes later, soaked in my own bodily fluid mess.
I told John about this next time we trained, and the decision was made that I was no longer allowed to train legs in the gym alone again... and I haven’t. I’ll admit I have issues training alone - especially legs and pulls.
I’m writing this because I’ve gotten many DMs on this AMA, and no, it’s not cool, it's fucking stupid. I’m pretty sure I gave myself a mini-stroke from this and I could have died. Others have from the same type of stupid shit. There is no doubt that when I train alone, I make bad decisions. Well, I still do when I train with others from time to time, but I’m pretty sure they would call 911 and several know CPR. They recently limited my bad decisions to 1 per session.
This is not cool or even intelligent training. It falls under: "Shit I’ve always done for my own reasons that I DO NOT and would NEVER advise others to do."
I keep and will keep looking for something that’s obviously not there.
This crap is not hardcore but “stupid shit.” As I tell all those I help....
“NO STUPID SHIT”
It's better to make others want to shit when they witness how awesome you are! Not, shitting yourself in a display of how not awesome you are.
This was the dumbest thing I did in the gym that year. Be on the lookout for the dumbest thing I did in 2018.
You ever wonder what goes on in my head while in the gym? Check out my blog tomorrow.
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