Bent A 1 1/4" Barbell Yesterday

[timiacobucci]

Yesterday I kinked an Olympic barbell pretty good, but I did not do it on purpose.

For a quick background I dislocated my left knee years ago and it has let go on me a few times since then, but it has not done it again in about a year and it has felt very strong since I began lifting again.

So I was on the last rep of my 5th set of power cleans with 200 lbs and as I caught the weight on my shoulders my knee let go. The weight then fell directly onto my right thigh and bent the bar.

The guy that took the x-rays at the hospital said I was lucky it didn't break my femur. I was pretty afraid that might have been the case at first when I saw the weight rolling away from me in a very wobbly manner as I was lying on the ground. I do have a rather large dent in my thigh muscle right above my knee though. I only needed a few stitches where it split the skin from the impact.

I will try to get some pictures of the bar when I can borrow or get a camera. I'm not sure if you want to see my leg though, for those of you that still like doing cleans.

So 1 1/4 " is possible, but it will sure require a hell of allot of conditioning because it damn near destroyed my leg.

[wscorpion]

Yesterday I kinked an Olympic barbell pretty good, but I did not do it on purpose.

For a quick background I dislocated my left knee years ago and it has let go on me a few times since then, but it has not done it again in about a year and it has felt very strong since I began lifting again.

So I was on the last rep of my 5th set of power cleans with 200 lbs and as I caught the weight on my shoulders my knee let go. The weight then fell directly onto my right thigh and bent the bar.

The guy that took the x-rays at the hospital said I was lucky it didn't break my femur. I was pretty afraid that might have been the case at first when I saw the weight rolling away from me in a very wobbly manner as I was lying on the ground. I do have a rather large dent in my thigh muscle right above my knee though. I only needed a few stitches where it split the skin from the impact.

I will try to get some pictures of the bar when I can borrow or get a camera. I'm not sure if you want to see my leg though, for those of you that still like doing cleans.

So 1 1/4 " is possible, but it will sure require a hell of allot of conditioning because it damn near destroyed my leg.

Ouch!

I hope your injury will heal soon!

And it would have been better if it was on purpose, although I would recommend a slightly different technique

[timiacobucci]

Ouch!

I hope your injury will heal soon!

Thank you.

And it would have been better if it was on purpose, although I would recommend a slightly different technique

I agree. It sucks now but the more I think about it, my leg did NOT break, and the muscle and skin will toughen if submitted to progessively greater loads, so I feel with enough time and effort (which will obviously be needed to gain the ability to develope that much force in the first place) it is possible to bend a bar that size over the top of th leg.

I'm not sure if rowing it over the top of the shin will work though, that is acting directly on a smaller bone. I'm pretty sure if the same thing had happen to me on that spot it would have broken.

Am I crazy to see an injury like this as a kind of strength?