Miscer MichaelDougas1 has passed away. RIP Brother (SRS) (CAGE)

[jbball92]

RIP.

This is why kids shouldn't be deadlifting (and maybe even squatting) in 2016.

High risk, low reward, and completely unnecessary. Known more than a few who took a trip to snap city and haven't ever fully recovered.

negged

[Workout4ever]

when you take "law down and rot" too seriously... i blame you misc.

[TheJediBrah]

holy **** I remember chatting to this guy back in the day on ********

that's so phucking sad

RIP

[Ryan94LOZ]

RIP in peace my Misc brother.

[IanPhelps]

R.I.P brother,

[FunnyWeasel]

R.I.P. bro.

I admire his great youthful spirit in the fitness log thread. We live in a fukked up world

[weddingsoup]

fuk mane, rip. we'll never know what ultimately led him to this decision, which is likely a number of reasons, but i know that exercise is a powerful anti-depressant; the absence of lifting must have devastated him.

[LIFTplusHOCKEY]

RIP.

This is why kids shouldn't be deadlifting (and maybe even squatting) in 2016.

High risk, low reward, and completely unnecessary. Known more than a few who took a trip to snap city and haven't ever fully recovered.

not exactly agreeing with you but you kind of have a point. I think doing a lot of research and not letting outside forces influence you helps a lot. That's what I've been doing, I squat ass to grass and deadlift with near perfect form and rarely bother with 1rms. No one can spot a single technical flaw in my technique online. It's tough not getting influenced for others though I imagine.

I find people's attitudes, especially some people in the powerlifting community don't exactly help people avoid injury and make it harder for people to drop their egos and feel satisfied in life and set realistic goals. E.g. a powerlifter like Mark Bell is a legend who's a very positive guy and doesn't make fun of others nor call people with different goals a *******. Silent Mike is an absolute legend too with a very positive attitude. The misc as well, despite its reputation seems like a pretty positive place too when it comes to lifting.

Powerlifters like Mark Rippletoe though, although have very good material are condescending as all heck and make it seem like "if you're not squatting ###, then you're a pathetic loser who should give up on life" or "if you're not squatting in your workout don't bother lifting".

There's too much projection in the lifting community imo. Most of it isn't from the gym bros who weirdly seem to get the worst reputation. Oddly enough, most people in the gym who are doing brosplits seem to have the best physiques. Most of the projection and judgement comes from the "compound movement master race crew" and people who don't get a bad rep. Again, not everyone. In before someone negs me, I too focus mainly on squats, bench, overhead press, and deadlifts.


such a sad way to go.

[Dardon]

Rip Feelsbad.

[WheyXtend]

R.I.P sweet miscer.. Fuk

='(

[LittleLexodus]

Rip brotha. Life can bring you down and he must have been going through some dark times.

[Juicetin]

Someone has asked me how I found out...

Michael & I were IRL friends. I noticed via ******** and his dad texted me.

[BrahPlease]

Rip

[butwhowasgains]

RIP misc brah I see to many brahs around my age passing (suicide and accidents), it not right.

may the gains in heaven be everlasting

[PrimeraRS]

r.i.p brother

[fressssh]

Man, that's really sad. I just got back from a weekend at my girl's hometown; her older brother killed himself. Watching the family go through that was tough as hell, brah. Hope his family is ok.

[AyMayne]

Rest in peace, brah.

[RayBoccini]

Too young. Mental illness really is a bish and the average person is unaware on how serious it is.

RIP

[sickh11]

Rip.

[Tornach]

RIP


There is a depression thread stickied at the top of the misc.
Any of you facing troubles should check it out.
Other people are struggling too.

[CestLaVida]

From what I can remember it was something to do with a disk, he took a bunch of stuff to try & fix it... even resorted to taking banned substances in order to try & get some results. In the end he was at a point where he couldn't even sit without getting huge back pain.

He was such a good kid, just so lost inside his head. **** I wish I could have helped him.

Herniated discs ain't no joke. I had one last year and the pain was so excruciating that I had to crawl and drag my lower body on the floor just to go to the toilet or get milk from the fridge, sitting down was painful and crutches made the pain even worse. I recovered after a few days and I'm still grateful to God to this day it wasn't anything major. It still hurts when I stand for long periods of time but other than that it's okay. Lifting heavy isn't worth it under any circumstances.

[CuckoPops]

RIP man

[PissdOffPitbull]

Deadlift they said, you will be okay they said , phuking compound nazis i swear on me mum , this is bodybuilding.com not powerlifting.com . No bodybuilder should deadlift , such a dangerous and overated exercise , im bigger than 90% of the gym and i dont even squat or deadlift and my wheels and back are my strongest bodyparts , rip bro such a waste

[Juicetin]

so I just found out Michael actually had chronic Lyme disease coupled with some other genetic problems. He was fully disabled during his last month of life and bound to his house .. I guess he had given up all hope.

[selffirst]

Rest in peace may a cloud be his pillow...One hell of a guy.

[quadfecta]

Tragic. Rip

[godownfighting]

Brah had Zyzz-like ab insertions and serious aesthetic potential.

Hard to believe. Suicide is for us oldbrahs.

Suicide is for none of us ******* we're all going to make it. Your parents put a lot of work into raising you at least stick around to help them through their later years

[chisle94]

Damn, so sad to hear this. Like others, I didn't know of him, but RIP.

[jimbob007]

Real sad, that could be have been me in recent months. You just have to remember death is permanent & there is always some light at the end of the tunnel.

[Ashfrolicious]

Suicide? Oh man..