Anyone else EXTREMELY injury prone? I get hurt from literally anything, it's sad

Anyone else EXTREMELY injury prone?

I get hurt from literally anything, it's sad

>squat (recorded form and advanced lifters said it was good)
>end up with upper back pain

>swap to slow and controlled leg press
>end up with knee pain

>take a break from lifting and start doing cardio
>end up with foot pain

>walk instead of jogging to reduce impact
>knees/feet still giving me trouble

I'm not a fatty so losing weight won't do shit, currently 5'10 170

Looking for any tips or advice because it's ruining my life since I love fitness.

Am I just destined to have inflammation and have to lift less often than others?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Will low weight make a difference?

    Maybe 12-15 rep range?

    I usually do 6-10 or 8-12

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    how is your posture in general?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm pretty good at keeping my posture in check when walking around but it's not good when sitting for long period

      Problem is I get hurt in joints completely unrelated to posture as well

      If I do pushups, it bothers my elbows and wrists

      I even remember at 15 years old having wrist pain from doing curls in highschool

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've fricked up my shoulders like 3 times. My current injury is from bad ahoulder placement during push ups, not my right shoulder clicks into place when moving certain ways. Gotta keep very strict form to avoid it from hurting.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    start slow and increase load/frequency/volume gradually, goes for any activity

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I do man, trust me

      I've overly careful, I think the strat might be to do very high reps so my joints dont have so much weight to support

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        There's random sores and aches that are passing, and there's shit you need to take serious. Pretty easy to tell the difference at least for me.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        maybe you should focus on tendon training before hypertrophy, look into the bioneer on youtube he did a video on it

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I struggle to stay healthy too, and have a similar BMI when I’m not training. I would suggest higher reps like people have pointed out, but maybe search kneesovertoes guy on YouTube and do some of his full knee bend stuff. You need a slant board to advance on his “VMO squat” but Ive been doing a body weight hack squat and it gets the blood into the area. Works better for me by far, vid related.

    And then stretch like crazy I know he has videos full of stretches, I like his style way more than static stretches. But that was a limited factor for me especially while squatting. But tightness in your back is likely to be from your legs and your knees tightness can come from hips or ankles. If you’re sedentary or overdeveloped from sports the weaker muscles are overcompensating to the point they lock up.

    It’s a process but if you can’t do anything else I’d start with back extensions machine if you can it stretches hamstrings while strengthening them and the back as well while getting blood flowing. bw for 3 sets of 15

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I am currently suffering from a proximal biceps tendonitis injury, and plan to take matters into hands. If I succeed, I won't skip stretching, warming up and quit when my form breaks down. So, simply put, work smart and make safety a priority.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I fricking feel you, OP.
    I've been trying to get back in shape for the last 2 years and I keep getting set back over and over again.

    I was lifting heavy 6x a week and running 5k's on my rest days for the longest time. Then I met my gf and moved in together and my health went downhill.
    After a couple years of being a lazy frick and gaining weight, I've tried to go back to my old routine and just injured myself repeatedly...

    Tried my 7-exercise PPL
    >Tweak my neck on OHP so have to do seated DB OPH instead
    Go back with modified PPL
    >End up fricking my hip flexors on squats
    Drop weight by a shitload and decrease volume
    >Tweak my neck again doing negative pullups
    Decide to go super low volume on lifts and just do a modified SS
    >Frick my shoulder during deadlifts
    Lower weights even further, lifting barely anything and switching to mostly cardio to lose weight
    >Shin splints and knee pain
    Take another break and switch to barefoot shoes to help my running form and alleviate leg pain
    >Tear my foot arch and have intense heel pain

    Absolutely everything I do, I end up fricking something up. It's like my body doesn't want me to get back in shape. I'm now re(rerererere)starting my routine, but I basically started every single lift using just the bar, doing a super low volume 4-exercise PPL and doing light jogs for less than a mile 2x a week. I still tweaked my neck during pullups a few days ago and am currently recovering.

    It boils my blood knowing there are fat, lazy fricks out there who have no intentions of doing any activity who's bodies are totally fine just laying there on the couch, yet here I am trying to better myself and I have a body that seems like it's made of glass.

    For reference my old stats:
    >5'11" 192LBS
    >1/2/3/4
    >25MIN 5Ks

    Now:
    >45/205/235/255
    >Barely running a mile

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Everything you said it similar to my experiences, it fricking sucks

      All we can do is play the cards we are dealt

      We got dogshit joint genetics but we probably have SOMETHING better than others... I think lol

      >It boils my blood knowing there are fat, lazy fricks out there who have no intentions of doing any activity who's bodies are totally fine just laying there on the couch

      This shit triggers me even worse when I see really skinny or fat dudes doing deadlifts with horrible form and NEVER get injured

      They are immune and we are the opposite

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Your gains and your soul were stolen. The solution is rather simple, but can you do it? I doubt it, it's way too late for you to change things.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You are a hypochondriac, are hyperfixating on mild pain, and spiraling into thinking you're injuring yourself when you aren't

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This. You aren't even describing any injuries, just "muh pain"

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        These people genuinely seem to think that you will never have any kind of discomfort when lifting, it's insane
        Aches & mild pain are completely normal especially when training hard, I finished up a squat focused strength block a few weeks ago and my knees were pretty sore for a month straight yet I PR'd 5rm/3rm/2rm/1rm over four consecutive weeks with no actual injuries and after one week off squats they no longer feel sore at all.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          There can be some imbalance issues one can have. I did rooning and lifting for a long time, did a lot of squats and only could manage 2pl8 after like 2 years.
          I assumed I couldn't get strong in the squat because of the running (muh type I vs. type II muscles, etc.). But I did an experiment where I stopped using chairs. Just sat on the ground and worked on mobility all day, switching between positions, lots of bodyweight squats getting from ground to standing position. After a month my squat exploded from 1.5 pl8 to 2.5 pl8, better form and more stable than before. Probably will hit 3pl8 soon.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            This is the sort of thing that would be very obvious to diagnose just by watching someone lift. It's obvious when someone is trying to perform a movement that they don't have the mobility for and this is different than what OP is saying - that they have "good form" (probably not but whatever) and they get some minor ache which they hyperfixate on and convince themselves is a serious injury and not just what training feels like.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Yeah I guess I am coming from the opposite point of view. I never had any problem pushing myself hard. I had to teach myself to think about what my body actually needs and back off, so OP's mindset is alien to me.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Happened to me. I have similar stats to yours and have pristine form but I was trying to do too much. I found it helpful to follow a pre-built routine from someone I trusted and not make my own. I had exercise FOMO and always programmed myself too much volume. So far things have been going better, don't do the volume you think you can handle, do the minimum you need to progress.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    assuming you're below 30, ideally below 25, pain isnt a bad sign per se, unless its injuries. its like DOMS, if you avoid hard and frequent training youll have it all the time, when you increase frequency it goes away. if its just mild pains its normal, you'll get more robust sorta

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Elimination diet to remove sources of inflammation.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How's your diet? You may have something that causes inflamation for you, common ones being sugar, gluten, dairy... Also obviously enough kcal and protein.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes, because I have joint hypermobility.

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