Biceps Tendon Tear -- Deadlift

I needed a token deadlift to win the Oxford-Cambridge powerlifting varsity. Instead I ruptured my distal biceps tendon on the opener. (Then I took a second attempt and locked it out for the win, torn biceps and all.)

UPDATE (10/25/2011): Since people are still watching this thing, I wanted to say that it took about 9 months to get back to 100% on my deadlift and now, 17 months later, I'm considerably stronger than I was on the day of the injury, though I now strictly use a double overhand hook grip to compete and often wear straps. You can see a 642# deadlift from last Saturday at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-48tY2c7Ork

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• powerlifting
• deadlift
• injury
• biceps tendon
• oxford
• cambridge
• raw powerlifing

[ShaulinEle]

Is it as painful as it looks??

[dmk47]

@ShaulinEle it didn't hurt that bad until the day after; i suspect adrenaline buried the pain.

[PUREGRAPP]

How long before you could start doing some decent lifting? I'm already itching to get back. At my best I was repping-out various exercises for super-sets with 88 and 98 pound kettlebells.

[dmk47]

@PUREGRAPP i was doing 1-armed front squats a week after surgery but you'll need 3-4 months to really use the arm

[PUREGRAPP]

@dmk47 Cool man! You are an inspiration. They scheduled me in for surgery this Thursday, but I can also opt for the following week. They are gonna have to use an allograft, however, because my bicep mass is too big and has receeded quite a bit. How bad is the down-time?

[dmk47]

@PUREGRAPP the down time is fucking horrible. you have to keep reminding yourself of what you're working towards and that you will get better.

[Sumguy21]

You didn't finish the lift.

[dmk47]

@awtom8152 tendons don't reattach themselves

[asarendars]

YOU DIDNT FINISH THE LIFT

[xLSClanx]

@MaTaRu39 Oh haha My bad

[MaTaRu39]

@xLSClanx do you even sentence structure/punctuation?

[HuGGyBuNNy2]

@xLSClanx the video is fucking 20 seconds long. nobody needs to be referred to the point where the tear happens.

[robertpicklesnickle]

Guy on the left going "OH fuuuu"

[AndrewSchaefferMusic]

0:08 ugh. left bicep

[GusMartin2]

@PUREGRAPP Haha Kettlebells..

[21Morgasm]

thats why i dont like lifting deads one arm over top one arm under...made me cringe watching your bicep curl up your arm the way it did

[xLSClanx]

Thumbs Up If Look At 0:05 Thats What you Came for like so Every one can see

[420Nelbone]

eeewww you see it in his bicep