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Bodybuilder dies after doing a backflip at competition

Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:42 am
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:42 am
LINK

Trying to entertain the crowd, Sifiso Thabete botched a backflip by landing on the back of his head/neck. He was initially ridiculed, but days later, he has died.

Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:44 am to
I can't watch that
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
19341 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:46 am to
Sucks.

Not watching a guy break his neck on a video.
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:47 am to
Would you say he was head over heels with bodybuilding?
Posted by LordSaintly
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:47 am to
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97603 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:48 am to
I cut back flips all the time when drunk.....maybe I should re think that
Posted by PortHudsonPlaya
Houston
Member since Jul 2017
3170 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:49 am to
Why is freakish bodybuilding still a thing?

...and why the hell would anyone want to look like this???

This post was edited on 8/11/17 at 10:03 am
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118764 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:50 am to
That wasn't a backflip
Posted by tigahland
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jun 2016
3211 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:52 am to
"link"

Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
28994 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:52 am to
Shouldn't have skipped neck day.
Posted by GEAUXT
Member since Nov 2007
29200 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 10:00 am to
It's not graphic, he just lands on his back. It looks to me like he had never done a backflip before in his life
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
18688 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 10:04 am to
quote:

That wasn't a backflip


Correct. He didn't have enough rotation for the full backflip. More like a gainer.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 10:27 am to
quote:

It's not graphic, he just lands on his back.
after bouncing on his head
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30576 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 10:29 am to
Holy crap. I watched that video a couple of days ago before he died.
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29445 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:30 am to
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Why do bodybuilders always skip knee and hand day?
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51868 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:38 am to
Yeahhhh

That wasn't ever going to end well for him.

I'm trying to remember the name for that reflexive response he did right after, but it's an instant hallmark of acute traumatic neurological injury.
Posted by jimjackandjose
Member since Jun 2011
6494 posts
Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:41 am to
These guys are dehydrated as hell. Trying to perform any type of stunt in that condition is DAF
Posted by EyeTwentyNole
Member since Mar 2015
4199 posts
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:38 pm to
I can't do a backflip because I would never try a backflip.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62693 posts
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:41 pm to
So FoxNews videos have digressed to LiveLeak levels?
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:50 pm to
Why would anyone who can't put their arms together over their head attempt a backflip..
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