#BarbellSlayer @bigpoppachizl out of @ironsportgym ・・・ 800 lbs x 1 x 5 So about 3 weeks ago, I had a rough day and sat down too aggressively and tore my ACL. 😂 Just kidding, but I'm pretty sure it's a torn meniscus b/c it doesn't hurt to walk at all but getting down to 90 degrees is excruciatingly painful. There was no "pop" or sudden change in direction- I literally just sat down and was like why the hell is my knee in so much pain??? This is in my right leg, the one where I tore my quad squatting in a meet back in Aug 2015 (video in my IG). I never got it checked out and my right quad looks a little different than my left (the muscle has been torn, but the tendon is still attached). I'll bet my knee issue is related to my quad. I won't know the diagnosis until I get an MRI but clearly I'm still able to deadlift. Hopefully I don't need surgery. I suffered a lot of depression in the last 3 weeks b/c I was unable to squat and barely deadlift... I wanted to have my best meet yet at the US Open. But what I've come to learn is at this level, injury is inevitable. It's just a matter of managing it and continuing to fight. It makes you tougher when you survive a bad injury- I can tell you first hand from my complete biceps tear. On these reps, my knee is unstable and the reps seem a lot harder than they are. I could have done 10 of these with the power in my back and ass. I feel a little bit weaker but a few more weeks of recovery and I'm looking at an 850+ possibly 900 lbs deadlift at the US Open. Let's see how the healing goes ... . . Song: "Seek and Destroy" by Metallica . . #cetcusopen #powerlifting #deadlift #ironsportgym #overcome (at Iron Sport Gym Inc)