Valley Spine & Sport

New lifters and experienced lifters get injured differently.

Beginners → technique-related injuries
Experienced lifters → overuse + accumulated load

Injuries evolve as you get stronger.

Source: https://strongman.org/athletes/evolving-injury-patterns-in-weightlifting/

Gym Rat Tip Thursday:

Low back. Shoulders. Hips.
Guess where most gym injuries happen?

These areas take the most load across the most lifts.

If you lift regularly, you need to actively maintain them.

Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5954586/

Gym Rat Tip Thursday:

Most lifting injuries don’t happen on max day.

Your 5th set is often riskier than your heaviest set.

They happen during normal training sessions:
• Fatigue
• Volume
• Repetition

Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5954586/