Thread: Are some people's bodys just more fragile than others?

Using poor form with too much weight is likely to give you injuries

I understand your frustration but unfortunately can't give a clear cut answer .


I don't think your joints/tendons etc would be weaker than anyone elses or more prone to injury UNLESS you have some condition that you don't know about. Fi was you I'd go easy for a while. What rep ranges do you normally train in?

Gotta make sure you eat well enough too.

The propensity to incur injury is certainly related to your genetics to some extent. From what you describe it is possible you got a crappy deal on that end.

What sort of weight are you moving around? A lot of people that attain quite high strength levels find out their limitations regarding ligament/tendon strength faster than others.

If I were in your shoes, I would probably avoid movements that have you using a lot of momentum and would choose to perform such lifts in a slow and controlled manner when possible. Your basic bodybuilding movements wouldn't look quick or jerky at all. If an exercise doesn't feel right, change it or don't do it at all.

Do you get any warning signs prior to the injuries? I bet you are bound too and simply heeding them would help a lot.

You can certainly train too intensely. Try a calm, focused approach to training and forego the crazy look, monster trainer for awhile and see if it doesn't help. Put staying injury free as your very top priority when you enter the gym.

No clear answer here bud, NORMALLY if your lifting right (no matter how hard), using good form and eating right most people have very few injuries. Sure, there are some here or there but your list is longer than 10 guys put together and your YOUNG! Get checked out...doent sound normal to me.

Everyones body is different, how this could even be a question is completely beyond me. Man was not created equal, in mind or body.

God created man, Sam Colt made them equal.

Still only true if two people have the same eyesight and physical coordination, so we are never truly equal.

Originally Posted by Cardinal

What sort of weight are you moving around? A lot of people that attain quite high strength levels find out their limitations regarding ligament/tendon strength faster than others.

Yep. Listen to your body and adjust your routine accordingly! I am going through a light weight/slow rep phase right now to let my own body recouperate a bit.

[QUOTE=Cardinal]The propensity to incur injury is certainly related to your genetics to some extent. From what you describe it is possible you got a crappy deal on that end.

What sort of weight are you moving around? A lot of people that attain quite high strength levels find out their limitations regarding ligament/tendon strength faster than others.




I'm exceptionally strong...but nothing unheard of. Around my 17th birthday i was bench pressing about 275...pushpressing about 240...and paralell squating (i hate it when ppl say they can squat more than they really can when they go down about 8 inches) about 440. The only supplement i take is glutamine that just happens to be in these protein bars that i eat. (im speaking in the present tense although like i said im not doing these things right now...I had and elbow surgury and im still not back lifting yet but this is what i did and will do when im reccovered)


Question: when doing a compound leg movement (squat, leg press ect) is it right to have your feet paralell to each other or slightly rotated out. I have always had then paralell to each other..could that cause a knee problem?

when i say "esceptionally strong" i just meant for someone my age i know thats not much for a grown man thats been lifting since he was may age and younger

i ussually train in the 4-6 rep range karlw

i would make sure your form is at its best, but other than that you will just get injuries form time to time, atm i have been told by a m8 ive got something called shin splinters or something lol, from my running out side where my feet are constantly hitting hard ground, personnly i dont know if hes right or not so have given it over a week of and gunna find out wednesday if its sorted, but i find depending on the injury if i give it a week or 2's rest which i hate its usually healed and i can find out what caused it and make sure i dont do it again

yea shin splints i have had "them" (i think its when one of the muscles in your shin starts to tear away from the bone but im not sure)...Get some insoles to wear in your shoes, that helped me...and use ice after you run

i was told it was the tendon wearing, kinda becoming frayed as such, cheers ill get some insoles and see if it helps.

Shin splints are physical damage, I get them too if I run. PFunk made a nice post on them long ago if you feel like searching.

Originally Posted by luke c.

I am 17 and have been seriouisly lifting for about 2 and a half years. Ihave loved every moment of it...its by far my favorite thing to do. The problem is i seem to get hurt far more than the average lifter. I have had lower back, shin, elbow, shoulder, and knee problems along with many pulled muscles in the short amount of time that i have been lifting. I also played football for about a year and a half so i supose some of those problems came from that, but i dont play anymore and i still hurt alot. I use good form (im not lifting right now...im recovering from and elbow surgury) and give my body plenty of recovery time. Can you lift to intensely?...because if you can i think i am/was doing it...because im known to go pretty crazy in a gym/weight room. (Not "crazy", just really giving it my all) My routine is alot like yalls..normal lifts such as bench presses, squats, deadlifts ect. Is this just a price that you have to pay if you want to be super strong and have a great physique or, like the title says, are some peoples bodys (tendons, muclses, joints ect) just not as durable as others? or am i doing something wrong? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

definetly. I had a buddy in HS, I shit you not that guy has a cast on some part of his body for almost 4 years straight.

resistance training and a healthy diet will definetly help to increase your skeletal bone density but you will have to learn your limits.

yeah ive found some articles on it, general idea i need some good fitting trainers, some people seem to think shin splints are really bad, i find them more of a discomfort, just a pain along the shin when placing weight on my toes and balls of my feet, but atleast i know how to help get rid of it now