Bruce Lee's Back Injury and Training

I was reading this old Straight to the Bar post on Bruce Lee's back injury, and followed one of the links to this terrific piece on the legendary Lee physique (all functional, not for show). Lots of great anecdotes. Definitely worth a read, fan or not.

But back to the back injury... To me, it's very scary to consider that one small misstep with the weights can screw you up forever. And if it can happen to someone as superbly conditioned and focused as Lee, it can happen to anyone. It certainly gives me pause in my self-taught (albeit with good books), uncoached approach. Not that I'm going to stop, mind you. :-)