I'm sore but not injured. Low impact -- I use the rower and then yoga 6x/wk

Anonymous wrote:I injured my sacroiliac joint three times doing yoga. I switched to barre and pilates and have not had an injury since.

Wow what pose were you doing?

Anonymous wrote:Hit a 2000+ day running streak recently in my 40s. The secret is doing the extra "pre-hab" exercises (core/hips/posterior chain) and pushing hard, but not too hard on any given workout and balancing that out with a ton of easy running.

0 injuries other than one fall with some scrapes/bruises, but probably not what you wanted to hear.

my trainer/PT told me that more frequent, shorter runs are better than fewer harder runs. So sounds like you have a good balance!

In my early 40s I did the normal jogging/swimming/yoga stuff common in my demographic, nothing too intense. but I started getting injured a ton - frozen shoulders, knee things, neck things, elbow things … In my mid-40s I added in weight training with remote coaching (during covid) and that really helped with my knees. But the injuries continued. I didn’t really figure it out until I started working with a trainer/PT who really pushed me to lift heavier and to not become inactive due to any injuries. Basically she re-educated me to understand that even if you have pain you can carefully continue working out, and that is a crucial part of joint rehab (loading the joint.)

When I made my exercise a daily routine and slowed my increase of challenge (whether it’s weights, intensity, length, or distance), my injury count went way down. I still get fluke injuries, especially because one of my activities is a contact sport, but I’m generally much more stable than I was ten or twenty years ago. I am more focused on form and bracing my body appropriately for each exercise.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 TBIs, one crushed knee, 2 broken ribs, 3 broken toes, a couple of fingers, slipped disc in my back, arthritis, muscle strains, hematoma I still have 2 years later…and I’m still out there every day.

Horse people are a special kind of crazy!

Hobby riding other animals isn’t exercise. Regardless of how physically demanding you may want to tell yourself the activity is.

I am a professional, it’s not a hobby. And it is certainly exercise (though I crosstrain as well like any athlete).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 TBIs, one crushed knee, 2 broken ribs, 3 broken toes, a couple of fingers, slipped disc in my back, arthritis, muscle strains, hematoma I still have 2 years later…and I’m still out there every day.

Horse people are a special kind of crazy!

Hobby riding other animals isn’t exercise. Regardless of how physically demanding you may want to tell yourself the activity is.

Try it sometime. You’ll be sore in places you didn’t know existed….

Anonymous wrote:2 TBIs, one crushed knee, 2 broken ribs, 3 broken toes, a couple of fingers, slipped disc in my back, arthritis, muscle strains, hematoma I still have 2 years later…and I’m still out there every day.

Horse people are a special kind of crazy!

Hobby riding other animals isn’t exercise. Regardless of how physically demanding you may want to tell yourself the activity is.

Anonymous wrote:2 TBIs, one crushed knee, 2 broken ribs, 3 broken toes, a couple of fingers, slipped disc in my back, arthritis, muscle strains, hematoma I still have 2 years later…and I’m still out there every day.

Horse people are a special kind of crazy!

Disgusting

48F work out hard 4-5 days per week.

My last exercise injury was a trip and fall situation running outdoors in 2018.

I have a couple chronic knots and ITB irritation, but generally foam rolling and staying active keep them manageable.

2 TBIs, one crushed knee, 2 broken ribs, 3 broken toes, a couple of fingers, slipped disc in my back, arthritis, muscle strains, hematoma I still have 2 years later…and I’m still out there every day.

Horse people are a special kind of crazy!

42 - have never been injured and I work out 6 days a week weightlifting and biking. Always a solid mobility warmup, and a cooldown then stretch. Sometimes I’m sore but nothing more serious than that.

I exercise five days a week, mostly Pilates and weight training. I don’t think I have ever gotten injured from exercise. I used to get injured from being clumsy or sleeping in a weird position, but that has not happened since I started doing Pilates a few years ago.

The only time I get injuries is when I'm NOT exercising regularly.

A lot.

It is often tendinitis. I also often aggravate my back where I've had multiple herniated discs.

Best I can do is always take one week off completely every quarter. Over use injuries are a major problem for me.