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Old 04-06-2004, 10:50 PM
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Default liftin straps snapped crushed my ankle w/500lbs

So here is my rant...
I was at the gym warmed for deadlifts mutiple times.....then i packed on 10 plates,i usaully get a few reps with and put my liftin straps on, tightened the straps got a good grip and pulled the weight off the squat rack ( i go to a balley's so they don't have a deadlift mat, so i have to use the squat rack). Well I backed several feet and began my first rep all of a sudden i hear my straps starting to break..i thought i could make it back to the rack and put the weight back on and spare my self the embarassement of dropping the weight with a huge boom....well i ALMOST made it there and my strap totally ripped sending 500lbs down on my ankle which bent at a nice 90 degree ankle. I got up helped take the weight off the bar with my partner as he shook his head is disbelief of what just happened. Gimped out of the gym and went home and started icing. Went to the docs the next day got x-rays, nothing broken luckliy...just a severe sprain, now i sit here sitting pissed off with a ankle swollen like a baseball and bruised...wanting to know

Where could i purchase high quality lifting straps that won't break??
this would be key


thanks bros....
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