Reply #97: good post [View All]

[paulsby]

"By the way, no pain no gain may also be under some level of challenge for regular folks in the near future... has to do with increased injury rates, but I am possitive you knew this"

no pain, no gain is what i apply to ATHLETES (and including myself)

athletic performance, especially as one approaches the elite levels is NOT about health. you sacrifice some health and safety for performance.

it's about risk/reward.

i would train somebody VERY differently who was looking for general fitness, decent amount of hypertrophy, and bodyfat composition vs. somebody who desired to break a record in the shotput, powerlifts, or enter strongman comps

but in order to trigger adaptive stress reactions, you do need to generally push into the pain barrier.