I spend 20 or so minutes 6 days a week on mine,
just enough to get me breathing hard and breaking into a sweat, just do not over do it, and here is a reminder of what can go wrong if you do, on
July 10, Tang, a 19-year-old girl from Chongqing, China, decided to challenge
her best friend to a squatting competition to see which one of them had more
stamina, the problem was neither would give in, Tang told doctors that they both must have done around 1,000
squats before they decided to call it quits, but by that time their leg muscles
had begun to break down, after the casual competition turned extreme endurance contest
tang reported feeling a little sore, but thought it was perfectly normal after
that kind of workout. The next day, her legs were still sore, but she went to
work as usual, thinking it was just post-exercise soreness. She only realized
the seriousness of the situation on the morning of the third day, when she woke
up with unbelievably sore legs and an inability to bend them at the knees.
After somehow reaching the bathroom, Tang noticed her urine was the color of
black tea, which she had learned in the army was a sign of serious problems in
the body, Tang was rushed to the hospital where doctors diagnosed her
with rhabdomyolysis – a life threatening condition caused by the death of
muscle fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream. It can lead
to life-threatening complications like renal failure, as the kidneys fail
cannot remove waste and concentrated urine. In rare cases, rhabdomyolysis can
be fatal, Doctors told Tang that she was lucky to come in as
early as she did and that she was young, which helped her body recover better.
If this had happened to an older person, it could have caused acute renal
failure, so note to self, no squats and do not over do it!
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