For me, the latest was a narly back injury sustained from high rep deadlifting near my 40th bday. I've done high rep deadlifting in the past and loved it. The difference between then and now is then I was building on top of a solid foundation. Now, I was putting high fatigue on a lift i had barely trained in years and had sustained multiple injuries on from weaknesses in all supporting body parts. Big big difference.
The turning point is not the fact that I got hurt. It is that I got hurt when my wife and I needed to paint our future kids room. The work ended up being 20/80 me to her because I could not stay upright and mobile for very long. My wife was happy to take on the work. That isn't what this is about. It is about not being able to participate in things I hold to be important because I decided to train like an asshole.
Unless it is your JOB to look pretty or break heads, the main goal of training (important note: for people outside of the adolescent age band) is to become more resilient. This doesn't mean that muscle and strength isn't in the picture. Quite the opposite. But if you are not becoming more insulated from normal injury (see: throwing your back out from sneezing, stupid shit) or not able to do normal human things then you may want to rethink your shit. Dont be a war story bro. Train forever.
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