Lifting weights will damage you in the Long Run...DON'T DO IT!

It all depends on your goals. And lifting heavy (as was stated earlier) is hard on your joints. But lifting light(er) weights are perfectly fine. There are supplements to help your joints: krill/fish oil, glucosamine, triflex etc.

 

What a crock of ****.

 

Nothing is wrong with lifting weights. If you stretch properly you won't lose flexibility. If you lift properly (proper tecnique, the right weight, etc) you shouldn't hurt yourself. 95% of the people at my gym do not stretch, don't warm up, etc. People try to throw a ton of weight on when there cold and that's when you get injured.
Just because you didn't lift properly, or lifted above your bodies current capabilities and hurt yourself doesn't mean everybody is going to hurt themselves. Even oympic athletes who really don't need to lift that much (Ryan Lochte for example and many runners) lift plenty of weights.

I'm training for my 2nd weight lifting competition, weigh 165 and am currently deadlifting around 425. I've never hurt myself in years. Not to say I can't, but I built my body up properly to handle the weights, add more weight slowly, I take the time to stretch before and after, still box 3x a week, etc, etc.

 

Trying To enlighten you 90% of injuries happen because of them .

 

:yikes

 

Go talk to People in there 40s and 50s that have lifted heavy weights . There are a large number having joint replacements. Listen or don't listen it is up to you.

 

I know a few guys who lifted heavy back in the days and they dont have no problem with joints.Thats bull****.
Stop spreading lies.

 

Its not bull**** or lies. Again this all goes back to technique. It all depends on how you lift. If you lift heavy and have shitty technique yeah you're gonna hurt down the road. If you have decent to good technique your chances are much better to have zero to little problems.

 

I know guys who lift who have been shot. Therefore, lifting weights cause firearms to discharge in your general direction.

Lifting weights is scary ****. You people have been warned. :nono

 

So, it's not really lifting but the lack of technique that causes injuries. Well, thanks for pointing out the obvious.

 

Personally, I've gotten more injuries from running than from anything else. Hell, I've even gotten injured playing flag football of all things, but never from lifting.

If there's anything to avoid it's sparring. The more people spar, the higher their chances of getting injured. People should never spar. They should go into their fights, but only after several weeks of shadowboxing. They should avoid doing heavy bag drills as well. Heavy bags can injure you also. And they should also avoid cars, since cars are the leading cause of fatal vehicular accidents.

 

No **** sherlock?:huh:huh Thank you captain obvious!:nut
If you do push ups or pull ups with bad technique ur gonna get injured eventualy.
This goes to anything in life,but guys who say stupid **** like weights are ****ed up, bla bla...thats just a witch hunt.
But hey,lets all get back to 1967 and run 10 miles everyday in army boots and do 1000 situps and 1000 push ups daily.:happy:happy:happy

 

I was promoted to Major obvious And why not? No time like the present. Just build up to it. Sets of 50!

 

Can you guarrantee that ??? ****ed up for life. -- oh my God !!!

 

LOL I do daily 400 pushups,but thats just a mental thing.Gives me an edge.
Helps with muscular endurance,but thats it.