Brandon Lilly - Injured

[Coach is Back!]

Hate to see this..


http://www.lift.net/2014/01/26/brandon-lilly-knee-injury-la-fit-expo/

[240 is Back]

OUCH!


From Brandon Lilly himself:

First I want to than Steve Denison for the invitation to compete in such a great event. Second congrats to Daniel Green for yet another World Record.

On my squat as I descended my left knee popped wildly, and gave out, causing similar strain to the right leg. Thank everyone of the crew onstage, and EMT’s on the scene.

As of right now without surgery I’d never walk again as I sheared my ACL, meniscus, patella, tore both quad tendons, and MCL in both knees and the knee cap in my left knee will be replaced. I go in for surgery in 10-15 minutes, I just wanted to thank every single person for the comments, status updates, texts, and emails. This is just a bump in the road.

I have one of the best knee surgeons in the US. Say a prayer or keep me in your thoughts… I appreciate you all very much, and I’ll see you on the flip side.

[affeman]

[Rambone]

owie

[The True Adonis]

Just as dumb as Crossfit.

[Twaddle]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!   

[Rambone]

I hope there was a plastic trophy involved. I couldn't imagine anyone doing this for free.

[WannaBePro]

Just as dumb as Crossfit.

Lifting heavy shit with good form and once in a while enduring a freak accident

vs

This...


"Freak accident" waiting to happen in every workout!

[Coach is Back!]

Just as dumb as Crossfit.

Stick to whatever else you do besides training.......how about baking? You seem to like that. BTW, If it's dumb, why the attempt on the 600lb DL? That's powerlifting. It's better than tripping on stage oiled up in a thong and tearing your ACL or sprinting and tearing a quad. Think before you post.

[bradistani]

scary as fuck watching people fail with huge weights involved.

hope he's insured

[Coach is Back!]

scary as fuck watching people fail with huge weights involved.

hope he's insured

He's not

[bradistani]

He's not

to bad. he's gonna need tons of rehab on that knee

[bradistani]

Lifting heavy shit with good form and once in a while enduring a freak accident

vs

This...


"Freak accident" waiting to happen in every workout!

that's obviously not crossfit

[WannaBePro]

that's obviously not crossfit

Better?


How about this one?

[BB]

That is the worst injury short of death, that I've seen at a power meet.

Lots of things probably contributed to this -

1) Weight drop. He was cutting a bit of weight from what I remember.

2) He had changed up his meet strategy from what he was using a few months before.

3) Shoes. He went from a heeled olympic lifting shoe to a flat Reebok power shoe like a beefed up Chuck Taylor. That may seem like a small thing, but it affects set up, the degree of muscles involved, etc....

and of course:

4) Some days just aren't your day, he just didn't look like the normal Lilly you see at meets during the walk out.

This is one of the reasons I've softened on Monolifts over the years, a Mono with safety straps set up, might of saved him from a bit of that damage.

The insurance is a tricky thing, some say he has coverage, some say no, but then there's the sticky wickett of if he does have insurance, will it cover the injury? Some won't cover injuries sustained during a semi - pro  or pro sporting event with prizes.

[Twaddle]

He's not

He doesn't have Obamacare?   

[headhuntersix]

They are not covering him and as per Chad Smith, they're trying to raise about 100K to cover everything. The injury was as bad as I've ever heard of. Its pretty interesting what BB posted. I assume those shoes he had were the new Mark Bell trainers...

[Coach is Back!]

That is the worst injury short of death, that I've seen at a power meet.

Lots of things probably contributed to this -

1) Weight drop. He was cutting a bit of weight from what I remember.

2) He had changed up his meet strategy from what he was using a few months before.

3) Shoes. He went from a heeled olympic lifting shoe to a flat Reebok power shoe like a beefed up Chuck Taylor. That may seem like a small thing, but it affects set up, the degree of muscles involved, etc....

and of course:

4) Some days just aren't your day, he just didn't look like the normal Lilly you see at meets during the walk out.

This is one of the reasons I've softened on Monolifts over the years, a Mono with safety straps set up, might of saved him from a bit of that damage.

The insurance is a tricky thing, some say he has coverage, some say no, but then there's the sticky wickett of if he does have insurance, will it cover the injury? Some won't cover injuries sustained during a semi - pro  or pro sporting event with prizes.

Great post and I agree 100% with the monolifts. They should be used in every event. We are an AAU Powerlifting gym and they don't allow monolifts.

[headhuntersix]

Did he stumble or did it just blow.

[liquid_c]

Great post and I agree 100% with the monolifts. They should be used in every event. We are an AAU Powerlifting gym and they don't allow monolifts.

Yes and no.  You can use monolifts, but you still have to walk the weight back. 

[Palpatine Q]

What kind of a faggy name is Brandon Lilly.

[BB]

Did he stumble or did it just blow.

Haven't seen an answer on this, here is a slow mo of the lift -

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jqP-Egx4Vk4/Uub8xr5di1I/AAAAAAAABj4/m8hvaTsyj9I/s1600/3.gif .

It looks like a blow out.

[headhuntersix]

Jesus...yeah he's wearing the new Bells. He never got under it, just crumbled. We're supposed to do a seminar with him in March, this sucks.

Thanks for the info....

[G_Thang]

definitely not ronnie approved.

 

[_bruce_]

Why is a person with such a strangely demanding hobby not insured?
Nonetheless, all the best and fast recovery.