My God. Three University of Oregon tackle football players were hospitalized as a consequence of the intense workouts of new head coach Willie Taggart. According to The Oregonian story of yesterday, the three players had been hospitalized since "late last week." One player's mother told the paper that her son had been diagnosed with "rhabdomyolysis, a syndrome in which soft muscle tissue is broken down with 'leakage into the blood stream of muscle contents,' according to the NCAA medical handbook."
What the heck were these workouts?
"Players this week were required to finish the same workouts, which were described by multiple sources as akin to military basic training, with one said to include up to an hour of continuous push-ups and up-downs."
What the heck were these workouts?
"Players this week were required to finish the same workouts, which were described by multiple sources as akin to military basic training, with one said to include up to an hour of continuous push-ups and up-downs."
I don't know what an "up-down" is but I know what a push-up is and there is no human being on the planet who can do an hour's worth of continuous push-ups.
