An athlete did 500 squats in 20 minutes... then his muscles began dying

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An athlete did 500 squats in 20 minutes... then his muscles began dying

A 21-year-old college athlete attempted to regain his conditioning through increasingly extreme workouts, culminating in 500 squats. He collapsed with seizures after his muscles began breaking down, releasing material that damaged his kidneys and caused dangerous swelling in his legs. Doctors also discovered sickle cell trait, and 18 months later he returned with renal medullary carcinoma, a rare and aggressive kidney cancer strongly associated with the condition. The cancer had already spread, and he later died after a blood clot reached his lungs.