Randomly ran across this article with some dude who seems to lift a lot: http://www.brotherhoodofiron.com/art...eadlift-holder Usually i find interviews like that to be pretty lame, but this guy sounds down to earth.
Anyway the parts relevant to this thread are that he started deadlifting when he was 16 or 17 because he had "broken his back" skiing and needed to rehab it. Then there's this:
BOI: Glad to hear it. What other major injuries have you sustained, and how did you deal with them?
Benedikt: Well, I’ve had lots of muscle tears. I’ve torn my pecs several times, as well as my tricep, mostly benching. One time when doing hurdle jumps I even impaled my bicep on a metal pole and had to be rushed to the hospital. Generally speaking I try to start training again as soon as possible so as to not let the area atrophy too much. I focus on explosive exercises that involve fast twitch fibers in order to boost GH production and thus promote recovery. I have found that doing it this way allows me to avoid long downtime and not lose much, if any, strength.
sounds like good times.