Everything hurts and im thinking of quitting lifting.
I started about 2 years ago and ive been getting decent gains but recently my body is just completely giving out on me. I have trigger finger and painfull snapping tricep on both arms, very bad back pain that made me quit kickboxing, wrist pain and more random pains in other joints. Streching and resting for weeks doesnt fix anything at all and makes my weights feel heavier. Ive also been told i have joint hypermobility. I think my body just genetically sucks and i havent made any progress in the last year.
im 20 and i feel like if i keep working out i will cripple myself.
Hate to break it to you but if your body is shit, you really can't afford to stop working out, your aches and pains will just worsen as you age and you'll be hooked on medical heroin before you've hit 40. Lower the intensity, do some accessory shit for wrists and your joints, maybe look into alternative more mobility and stability focused work outs before you return to lifting, ido portal is a bit of a meme but he put out solid mobility and pre/rehab routines on his blog for over a decade, so maybe look into that. Your body huet might not be ready for lifting heavy yet, but you're 20, you have ample time to make it ready, might not be as glamorous as ppl for aesthetics, but it sounds like you really don't have a choice
Gabriel Sullivan
I have hypermobility pretty bad and the best advice I can give is just find ranges of motion that don't fuck with your joints ie floor press instead of bench press. I still bench press here and there but most training is with restricted ROMs
Landon Edwards
My body hurts if I don’t work out.
As soon as I start skipping workouts for several days, my arthritis and shit gets worse. I feel every injury I’ve had, and have to train to mitigate pain.
I’m only 27. I couldn’t imagine being weak and in worse pain in 25 more years.
Brayden Bell
I'm surprised Mr Torturerer let him keep his teeth. >Kept in prison starving to death >Still has big pecs and shoulders despite being mr skeltal Is this achievable natty? Was he forced to do military press×failure as one of his tortures?
Ethan Sanders
go to a doctor to see if anything is genuinely chronic/requiring surgery, if not then take a couple of months off. It's genuinely not a big deal if you become a little detrained. If you find you can't lift without consistently living in pain or accumulating injuries then you probably need to reduce your training intensity. You're not trying to make the league user you're trying to live a healthy lifestyle, if lifting is impinging on that then it may just be time to become a cardio bunny instead. no shame in that.
Michael Russell
Fix your diet and deload properly. Aches and pains are common but chronic injury is not. Quitting is not a solution to poor programming and will only make you weaker and more injured in the long run.
Isaiah Ward
If your 20 and feel like this you are either extremely over exerting yourself so much that it is destroying your body, or your diet and nutrition are so bad its hurting your body. If you want a real answer it sounds like you should go to a doctor this should not be happening at 20 years old.
Cameron Ortiz
Posting your lifting routine would help Or you just wanna get some "awww poor baby" comments?
Joshua Cox
Yeah man go to a doctor. You might need actual steroids. They aren’t bad just another part of changing your body to how you want. Also really really consider low rep high weight. I do less then 50 total bench reps per workout and bench 500. Same with squat and deadlift. Go for power man.
Take care of your health and don't lift too heavy man. >t. Crippling heartburn and now dealing with burning UTI (virgin, so no idea how I got that). Also have exfoliative cheilitis. It makes me extremely depressed. I want to lift, go out a bit, but this shit is slowly making me rot away.
Jaxson Scott
What are you eating? Do you have structural/posture problems and shortened muscles? How's your neck?
Isaiah Morris
>consider low rep high weight. I do less then 50 total bench reps per workout 50 reps isn't really low rep... That's 2 5x5s, each session, that's a ton of volume for someone dealing with injuries.
Tyler Clark
My diet is mostly fine i think, i eat a lot of protein (eggs and meat) and an average amount of salads and i dont count my calories but i dont think im in a deficit because ive stayed the same weight for a few months (about 72 kg 12-15 ish bf%) altough i do eat quite a bit of junk food and often have diarrhea. Ive gone to a orthopedist when it was only back issues and he said there wanst anything really wrong with me except my joint hypermobility and i dont think going to another doctor will help me much.
Benjamin Foster
>zoomer haircut on the right
Tyler Bell
Im already lifting pretty light since the injuries started but i will try reducing it some more and taking more breaks i guess
Kayden Green
my neck is pretty stiff and kind of bent forward, sometimes it feels uncomfortable an i have to use my hands to strech it and i hear a lot of popping
Benjamin Collins
also my sleep patterns are pretty damn bad and i wake up and fall asleep at random times at night or take naps in the day.
Charles Lee
It sounds like you have a couple of things going wrong. Your diet is probably not very good, even if you're hitting some macros. How hydrated are you? Do you drink enough water? Do you drink pop at all? Do you drink energy drinks? What's your caffeine intake? What are your sleep hygiene habits? Do you get carbs at all in your diet? Do you eat fiber or fiber supplements? You probably have a nutrient deficiency on top of your joints having some issues. Talk us through your normal day.
Jaxon Walker
Take vitamin d3 and k2, and take cold showers, helps your body recover.
