Next Level Videos

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Short post today. This is a video of Zach Krych, and 85kg Olympic weightlifter. This video details an incredible story where he suffered a devastating injury to his wrists. It shows his recovery and rehab process in chronological order. Zach not only recovers from his injury, but he also performs at the highest level by winning the US Senior Nationals and closes in on Kendrick Farris’ (the top American 85kg lifter) total. This is one of the most impressive videos I’ve ever seen, and this is one of the biggest comebacks in any sport. Congrats to Zach and good luck.

If you are a fan of the 70’s Big Facebook fan page, then you already saw the Meatball Deathstar by Epic Meal Time (that’s smart). This next video isn’t their most violent or intense, but it’s fucking impressive. It’s the Slaughterhouse Christmas Special:


Edit:
The chat room was last night (every Tuesday evening) and was interesting. There weren’t as many questions as week 1, and the topics got kinda weird at times (I blame this on AC). Anyway, we’ll do the next one next Tuesday.

30 thoughts on “Next Level Videos”

  6. Zach’s story is badass. So is seeing that little dude move so much damn weight. Very inspirational.
    When and where is this chat everyone keeps referencing the past couple weeks?

    I guess you aren’t on Facebook. It’s open all the time, but there are scheduled sausage parties on every Tuesday night. I’ll post the link next Tuesday earlier than I did the other night.

    –Justin

  7. My favorite part of Epic Meal Time is the fact that the guy talks so much like Tom Green. I can imagine him painting Monica Lewkinski’s parents’ house with bacon. My roommates and I are making the Death Star. Will report on our results.

  10. Inspirational post.
    i too suffered a major wrist injury (4 flexor tendons and 2 nerves completely severed) to my dominant hand and i was told i would probably never be able to open a door knob or carry groceries with my hand. a year later i was doing weighted pullups and dumbbell snatching in the low 100’s.
    no one with a phD is going to tell me what im restricted to

  11. I’m surprised no one has posted this yet

    New raw squat world record

    I honestly don’t keep up with powerlifting, but good christ that was crazy. That guy has been popped for using before, but I don’t really care if people do.

    –Justin

  13. Amazing story of determination and recovery!

    I missed out on the chat last night, wind storm knocked out my cable (and thus internet), I was disappointed!

  16. @willie The doctors he referenced in his video likely do not have Ph.D. degrees. There is a big difference, particularly between science Ph.D. and M.D., as the latter tend to memorize lots of information, rather than synthesize new information.

  17. Justin,
    I don’t have to sign up for facebook to use it do I? I erased mine long ago after having it for a couple weeks. It is just so annoying hearing about peoples’ retarded shit. If I cared to know, I would call them, or they would call me.

    James,
    yeah, but this dude lives in the shit hole known as houston, haha if you live in Tx I’m going to be scared.

  21. Justin- Quick question on injury form tonight. I was warming up on squats and everything felt good, then I got to my work sets and it felt as if the left side of my mid back is being pinched, best i can describe. Any thoughts on what can cause this?

    Quite a lot of stuff, so it’s hard to say without knowing more, seeing it, or coaching you on a regular basis. The first assumption is that you did something goofy. The second assumption is that you have been lacking on mobility training.

    –Justin

  23. Zach’s story, and video, just made my day and I feel it will continue to do so every time I watch it.

    Which is why I have already saved it, converted it, and put it on my Ipod.

  25. Is it possible that medical doctors just have a very dim outlook on what the human body is capable of? Even getting past the plethora of physicians who are clueless about exercise science (squats are bad for your knees), we hear a lot about doctors expecting very limited function after some form of trauma.

    And yet, we keep hearing stories like Zach’s (ok not quite like Zach’s) where full or near-full recovery is made. And the recipe is always the same. Time, patience, hard work, and progressive overloads for adaptation.

    You especially see it with older patients. Even something as simple as back pain. Doctors advise stretching and light PT work. But then anyone who starts deadlifting and t keeps adding weight slowly but surely notices how their back pain disappears.

    To me, it’s the bias of low expectations.

    I like to think of it as healing within the confines of movement. Using a muscle in rehab the way that it is supposed to be used means it heals better than movements that are irrelevant to posture and every day movement. That’s one big reason that you see quality recovery from stuff like this.

    –Justin

  28. Cmoney – I think the bias of low expectations is related to the litigiousness of our society. We sue at the drop of the hat. If they said “You’ll be back to wakeboarding in Hawaii in no time!” and someone re-injured himself as a result, there could be hell to pay. They cover their asses this way.

    Justin – I made the chili from Jacob’s recipe and will test it in a few hours. I forgot to buy regular chili powder (ingredient #1, haha) from the store so I used blackened seasoning. Hopefully it turns out alright!

    You made chili without chili powder? Eh…

    –Justin

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