alt Hacker NewsNote: deadlifts do not "annihilate" joints. Resistance training strengthens and improves joints. Repetitive impact behavior like running on concrete does annihilate joints though.
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reducesuffering • yesterday at 8:26 PM
Note: running on concrete does not "annihilate" joints either.
https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2023/08/running-do...
https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/will-continuing-to...
This is from a context of "4 plates used to be pretty easy, then I took several years off lifting". I know no faster way to get injured in the gym than to try to grind a new 1RM after a lengthy break.