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Yes, for whatever reason people are quick to point out the risks of weight lifting even though it has one of the lowest injury rate of all sports [1]. Typically

Yes, for whatever reason people are quick to point out the risks of weight lifting even though it has one of the lowest injury rate of all sports [1]. Typically people that don't even lift regularly. In contrast, no one bats an eye if you tell them you like skiing and have a few drinks at the hut before your last downhill ski run for the day. [1] http://www.temple-of-iron.com/powerlifting-injury-rate-comparison/ http://www.temple-of-iron.com/powerlifting-injury-rate-compa...

nimbleplum40 3y ago
Exactly! Lifting is very safe and has an incredible cost-benefit ratio. The conversation around form is especially frustrating since it’s never data driven and really just scares people away from the gym. And by telling people that they must use “perfect” form (whatever that is…) or they’ll get seriously injured, we’re actually priming them to overly fixate on any little tweak they might feel while lifting and actually _increasing_ their risk of feeling pain. Anecdotally, if form actually mattered so much for injury risk then there’s no way lifting would have such a low injury rate. Go into any gym and you’ll see all kinds of “incorrect” form, yet there aren’t discs shooting out of backs and knees exploding all over the place. What really matters for injury risk is load and fatigue management, and we have great evidence for that. [1] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677917 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677917