I had an interesting experience Squatting yesterday. After besting my 1RM from last cycle I had an epic fail on the 6th rep of Squats. While coming back up I felt an intense pop in the core of my body and simultaneous loss of stability. Didn’t even think to try and save the rep, just dumped the bar. When I finished standing up I looked down and saw my lifting belt laying at my feet with the roller blown clean out of it. Scared the crap out of me but no damage as far as I can tell.

Checked the internet and though it doesn’t seem to common it does happen and even to a few people during competitions. Moral, inspect your gear before each use . . . .

P. S. I knew I was getting stronger but my belly???

I seriously can't believe I kept reading after this point...

Now that's damn funny!

Dean, Mark's toilet humor nonwithstanding, I'm glad to hear that the "pop" was the belt and not you. I kind of avoided your post for a while for fear of what I might read.

Terry's nasty foot picture has me skittish, I guess.

Speaking of Terry's nasty foot. I went to Toronto this weekend for my buddies birthday party. When we were leaving the bar to head back to the hotel, my buddies girl friend decided to jump on top of me. Well, we found out the following morning that she broke my foot rest right off ($80 bucks a pop), and mangled my right foot up pretty bad.

I'm guessing she used my foot as a step to get on top of me . 'Tis not my preferred method!

Hey, I wouldn't complain, that's not a bad price at all.

Ohhhh, you meant the price of replacing the foot rest. My bad.

As my friends say.....It must have been a good night if Cam broke his foot rest .

I am on day 2 of my green smoothie diet.

Wish me luck.

I feel like I'm floating now...it's a very weird feeling. What do they put in these fruits and veggies, anyways?

Those dollarbucks go quickly.