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Im guessing certain gym rats who also dont desk/computer work?
by diydsp 8mo ago
Im guessing certain gym rats who also dont desk/computer work?
- laughing_man 8mo agoMore likely someone who's been in a coma for the last ten years.
- elzbardico 8mo agoI would strongly bet against gym rats not having some shoulder abnormality. If anything, I'd expect them to have more issues with their tendons and ligaments.
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 8mo agoyeah. and joints, especially. I lost some wrist mobility during my boxing years and it never came back, even though I was in my early 20's when I had quit.
- deadbabe 8mo agoWhy didn’t you wrap up
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 8mo agowraps won't save your knuckles/wrists/elbows from the damage caused by repeated high-force impacts, and the cartilage only has to heal wrong once for a lifetime of mild discomfort.
- tomjakubowski 8mo agoI mean, boxing is, by design, much more violent and higher impact than most other gym exercises.
- malfist 8mo agoI'd bet they probably have some abnormality too, but I don't think I'd expect them to have more issues. There's a lot talked about people getting injured in the gym, but people get injured a lot outside the gym, just for some reason people really fixate on in the gym injuries. There's lots of research that indicates that frequent strength training significantly reduces your risk of injury in day to day activities, especially later in life. If I can deadlift 500 pounds, I'm not going to get injured lifting 100 pounds, but your general population could. If I've got 3 inches of muscle around my hips and increased bone density from resistance training, I'm not going to break my hip when I trip. "Strong people are harder to kill" -Mark Rippetoe
- throwway120385 8mo agoTraining reduces your risk of injury as long as you don't overtrain. Overtraining increases your risk of injury, but the injuries you sustain are training-related. For example you can really mess up your knees by running more than your body can handle or by running without warming up and stretching first. But the kind of injury you get is different from messing your knees up by falling over.
- NotGMan 8mo agoGymnasts are known to have very worn out shoulders which can be seen in scans. Eg at ~25yo they have shoulders of a ~40 to 50 year old person.
- laughing_man 8mo agoIf I had children I would never let them do gymnastics seriously.
- pesus 8mo agoThey'd probably have to specifically focus on mobility and flexibility as well. You really need both of those in conjunction with enough strength.