We love our workouts—or at least we have a love/hate relationship with them…
We like to train, but the pain to gain—torching and scorching muscles—is a teeth-clenching necessity for hypertrophy. It hurts…
So that pain helps your progress, but others can hold back your mass in a big way.
Damaging joints with exercises that are out of alignment with natural movements can produce joint trauma and spike cortisol, a stress hormone that’s been shown to eat muscle.
Wait, what? You read that right: When your body receives unnatural trauma, testosterone- and growth-hormone-smothering cortisol shoots out of your adrenal glands like an out-of-control firehose.
Now weight workouts are stressful in and of themselves as muscles are somewhat damaged. That can cause cortisol release as well. Traumatizing your joints only amplifies the problem…
With a damaged joint, your body is always in an alarmed state. When you train again, and experience some pain in the gym, it’s a 9-1-1 call, and your brain tries to shut down the working muscle to avoid compounding the trauma…
That means you’re not getting total muscle activation thanks to a blunted nervous system. A lot of muscle fibers are being unstimulated, and you’re leaving significant growth on the table at every workout.
And often the joint pain will disrupt your shut-eye during the night, which means you’re not getting deep, size-building sleep…
All of that is how pain in the back, shoulders, knees, elbows and even neck can strangle your muscle-building results no matter what you’re age.
Try moderate-poundage, progressive muscle-fiber activation training with an emphasis on safe, efficient exercises, the “ideal” moves that work muscles through their natural groove.
No joint pain, better mass gains.
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Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
X-Rep.com
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