While I hope anyone who’s ever spent time in a gym will find this guide helpful, it’s especially written for people with chronic pain and stubborn injuries who are wondering: Where does strength training fit in to a recovery plan? While it does have a vital role in rehab, it’s not a “treatment”: weakness is rarely the reason people are injured or in pain to begin with, and strengthening is rarely an effective prevention or treatment for injury. ![]() Simply wearing muscles out by any means is usually good enough for the average person or even the average athlete. ![]() Please don’t dismiss it! In this article, I will spell out why building strength truly matters to almost everyone, and “how” to do it - which is easy, because technique is amazingly unimportant. But nearly everyone else ignores strength training, except during occasional New Year’s resolution phases, or when prescribed and/or supervised by a physical therapist. ![]() Strength training includes the gym-o-centric, oomphy style of exercise that mostly guys like to do - bodybuilding, pumping iron, powerlifting.
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