Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Report: ISU Squat Training Should Stop

A five-member committee is recommending the Iowa football program should drop an “intense, high-volume squat-lifting workout” that led to the hospitalization of 13 players in January with a serious and rare muscle disorder, in a report that will be released later today. In addition, the group says coaches, trainers and others associated with the football program should be thoroughly knowledgeable about rhabdomyolysis and other similar medical conditions that are caused by overly strenuous training, the committee recommends.

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