Bell could have to shelve his goals for some time after this injury.
Daniel Bell was off to a raucous start in 2023. He had matched Hafthor Björnsson‘s deadlift of 395 kilograms (870.8 kilos) on the 2023 Arnold Sports Festival (ASF). Eventually, he had planned to increase his all-time raw with wraps World Record total of 1,182 kilograms (2,606.9 kilos) within the +140-kilogram weight class. In the interim, the athlete will seemingly must put these plans on hold.
On Apr. 20, 2023, Bell revealed that he recently suffered a left leg injury while ending a 425-kilogram (937-pound) back squat raw with wraps in the course of the 2023 USA-UA Pioneer on the Beach. The powerlifter didn’t disclose the character or severity of his ailment from the early April competition and mainly noted it felt like his “left glute was getting torn in half.” While the athlete persevered through his squat to a first-place performance within the +140-kilogram weight class, it seems likely that this injury will need some measure of attention.
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In Bell’s Instagram post discussing his injury, he didn’t mince words. While he hasn’t (on the time of this text’s publication) provided more precise clarification on what exactly happened, Bell’s description makes this case appear severe for one in all the globe’s strongest powerlifters. The athlete has not posted an update to his social media platforms since revealing his health status.
Parts of the immediate aftermath didn’t sound nice, which revealed other underlying issues.
“Ten years in it’s certain to occur,” Bell wrote of his injury. “Woke up on Monday [April 17] unable to feel or move my toes. [It was] absolutely wild every week after. Moved forward with morphine and two different hospitals finding one in all the most important MRI machines in Florida to search out out my spine and 6 bulging discs have seen higher days.”
In accordance with Bell, his principal goal is to avoid surgery. On the time of this writing, it’s unclear what sort of surgery he would want or how long it will keep him out of coaching and sanctioned powerlifting competitions.
Nonetheless, it’s undoubtedly a setback for an athlete of his mold, and something he and his performance trainer Jacob Ross would favor to keep away from.
“Already within the strategy of working things out with [Jacob Ross] and avoiding surgery in any respect costs.”
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Bell hasn’t lost in a powerlifting competition since 2019, in accordance with Open Powerlifting.
To take care of his exemplary resume of late, and eventually break his own total World Record, Bell will likely must take his time to completely get better from his injuries. It could be some time before anyone hears from the athlete again in an official capability. Such a wait could possibly be price it for this strength star.
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