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kbelder

Who's the freak without an abnormality?

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Im guessing certain gym rats who also dont desk/computer work?

More likely someone who's been in a coma for the last ten years.

I 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.

yeah. 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.

Why didn’t you wrap up

wraps 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.

I mean, boxing is, by design, much more violent and higher impact than most other gym exercises.

I'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

Training 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.

Gymnasts 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.

If I had children I would never let them do gymnastics seriously.

They'd probably have to specifically focus on mobility and flexibility as well. You really need both of those in conjunction with enough strength.

Oh hey it's me, I'm the conformist. Stop picking on me.

Steph Curry

He’s getting old, but not over 40 yet.

A statistical error. All humans are slightly asymmetrical. Most shoulder problems begin at foot and/or hip though.

My labrum was torn from multiple shoulder dislocations. I don't think that began at my foot or hip.

You are special, aincha, we are so lucky to have you as the center of the universe!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluctuating_asymmetry

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content?ContentT...

and so on.

looks like reddit mob found out about this board... oh well.

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