What 45 minute workout could put several people in the hospital for days? Not heat exhaustion

5 players, and possibly more to come are still hospitalized with rhabdomyalysis from a 45 minute navy seals workout. What workout could this possibly be that causes possible permanent organ damage?

People are dumb when they drink the kool-aid for military type workouts, especially the ones that are advertised as the hardest ever, or ā€œNavy Sealā€ etcā€¦hereā€™s a secretā€¦they donā€™t really do them in real practice.

But to answer your question, more than likely it was along the lines of 6 of them (simulating a boat team/crew) holding a log over their head doing squats, up downs with it, running with it, lunges etcā€¦it was probably some kid who went to school there who got leave after going to BUDs, which doesnā€™t mean he is a SEAL or in a SEAL Squadron, or the other misconception that he is in SEAL TEAM 6 (DEVGRU), and decided to do some back door bragging back on Campus.*

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the navy seal workout?

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The better question is ā€œwhat kind of person ends up in the hospital after a 45 min workout?ā€

Any 45 min workout using big muscle groups can be very challenging if done maximally. Like mike_s said, even just the log squats for 45 min would leave the triathlete sore for a few days. Take your average punter who wants to get back in shape and jumps straight into the hardest workouts they can find and you have a recipe for this tomfoolery.

Stimulate, donā€™t annihilate.

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South African Army, we used to do those things with a telephone poleā€¦ supposed to be both teamwork and a workout. The Army eventually banned that particular set of idiocies, too many injured traineesā€¦

I had the dubious distinction of being the guy who broke the SA 800m championā€™s neckā€¦ we had this other buddy workout where we had to carry one another, sitting on shoulders. My buddy complained of a stiff neck after weā€™d done that to each other, wound up in tractionā€¦ another workout we didnā€™t do anymore :wink:

copies of Army/SEAL workouts as mike_s says, frequently are very silly.

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I once had a patient who did 200 squats and 500 pushups one day and wound up with rhabdo. Narrowly dodged dialysis.

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It says the workout happened the previous Monday so 9/16. I canā€™t recall the weather but itā€™s been hot/humid still in the northeast. Very possible something like this happened midday with full sun. Younger athletes arenā€™t always thinking about dew point. It was probably gross out and whoever led it just pushed them to their limits. Would be interested in seeing the actual workout & knowing those other details (temps, time of day, water breaks, etc). Dk why that wasnā€™t released.

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There was a high of 75 on the 16th

Usually you see rhabdomyolysis from crossfit or football workouts. This is the first time Iā€™ve heard about it from lacrosse. Basically, workouts with lots of weight and intensity without breaks or very short breaks seems to be the most likely type of workout to do it.

President: We found Osama Bin Laden. Letā€™s take him out!
Seals: Sorry dude, Iā€™m too tired from carrying a log for 60 miles.

Spending some years in the military and still working around them, Iā€™ve learned the military has no idea how to properly exercise. Most PT sessions revolve around inflicting pain and discomfort more than they are to provide improvement. My body took a toll because of the ignorant people telling me I needed to do xyz to be a better Marine.

My major guess is these guys were subjected to do some dumb stuff that physically exhausted them without the proper fuel or nutrition because they thought Navy SEALS are fantastic Lacrosse players.

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The investigation report is out.

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250 burpees in 75 minutes. Itā€™s probably not a great workout if it makes the Nytimes

Nytimes paywall story

Funny that the only person not to agree to participate in answering questions for the investigation is the seal. Sounds more like a chicken than a seal to me.

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Just responding as Iā€™m a Tufts grad, class of ā€˜90

And eccentric contractions.