The university will change its approval process for team trainings, among other recommended remedies, after the group workout that left lacrosse players hospitalized in September.
An independent review stated a third-party instructor who led a strenuous training session for the school's lacrosse team appeared to lack credentials to supervise group exercise, which led to the hospitalization of some athletes.to the investigation that was released Friday
, the group workout was led by an unidentified Navy SEAL, and recent Tufts graduate, who had been invited to lead a workout session after working as an equipment manager for the lacrosse team as a student. The report found that while the workout plan inspired by his own Navy SEAL training had been approved by the Tufts director of sports performance, no other members of the athletics department were advised on the contents of the session.
The investigation found that the workout had"focused almost exclusively on upper extremity muscle groups" and by some accounts had athletes performing about 250 burpees and other exercises over the hourlong workout session.
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