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Twelve Iowa football players have been hospitalized for what appears to be exertional rhabdomyolysis, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The university has not officially confirmed that the players are suffering from this ailment. Federal privacy regulations prohibit the release of certain health care information without the patient's consent.Exertional rhabdomyolysis is a common consequence of intense strength training. This past fall, two dozen high school football players in Oregon were treated for it after intense workouts under extreme conditions with limited access to drinking water. It doesn't take conditions straight out of The Junction Boys to bring on rhabdomyolysis, however. A British medical journal reported on a case where more than 100 Taiwanese high school students developed the condition after a teacher forced them to do 120 pushups in five minutes on a cold day.
The common thread in exertional rhabdomyolysis is working muscles beyond the point of fatigue. If you've ever done any strength training at all, you've likely reached the point in a workout where your muscles simply can't lift weights any more. At that point, your muscle fibers have ripped and begun spilling their contents into your bloodstream.
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