Two Chinese teenagers have decided to take part in another popular challenge among young people. This time it was the 1000 Squats Challenge. However, after doing 1000 squats, they did not feel satisfaction, but the complaints that brought them to the intensive care unit.
The1000 Squats Challenge is a sports challenge of doing 1000 squats. This form of activity is promoted on their social media channels by some trainers, e.g. Casey Ho, who points out before exercising that you can only approach them if you have been practicing sports for a long time.
This was not the case with 19-year-old Xiao Tang and her friend. The girls organized a videoconference, and during it they decided to make a "squatting match" - they will watch live how each of them performs 1000 squats. Thanks to this, they will be sure that none of them is cheating and they will check which one is really the best.
Why is the 1000 Squats Challenge so dangerous?
Nothing is known about the win, but we know that after the 1000 Squats Challenge the girls were hospitalized. Xiao Tang woke up the day after exercising with a lot of pain in her leg, she couldn't bend it. She was even more terrified after visiting the bathroom, where she saw that her urine was brown.
- In some cases, when the urine turns this color, it's too late to help, says Bruce Cohen, an FBI medical officer, in an interview with Live Science.
In the case of teenagers, everything turned out well - doctors managed to restore them to he alth. But what exactly happened to the girls? As a result of exercise, they developed rhabdomyolysis - a number of symptoms due to muscle damage.
Exceeded myoglobin norms have been detected in the teenager's blood. Myoglobin is an oxygen storage protein in striated muscle, and its level rises with the breakdown of muscle tissue. The dead muscle fibers go into the bloodstream, which causes the urine to turn brown - its color resembling weak coffee.
Rhabdomyolysis can also cause fever and other flu symptoms. In more severe cases, convulsions and disturbances of consciousness appear.
To see how much effort it is to do 1000 squats, see how Casey Ho - a trainer who also makes themthis is very difficult.
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