I just train through it. Iam taking 'animal supplements' and swallow about 30 pills a day though,so it probably dulls it. I just find say my shoulder hurts for instance I just carry on and in a week it has gone. Goes against all modern day advice I know.Most gutsy thing I ever done, was I completely fukked my left knee without warning doing squats, and I had lunges to do next,but I just thought fukk it, if it's fucjked it;s fukked and did one lunge,it hurt like a bytch, but I grinded through it, and by the end I had zero pain in my knee. Iam no physio but the lunges must have stretched it out or popped something back into place, as before I did that my knee was in flames merely lifting a barbell from the squat rack.
The gym I go to,pretty much everyone carries injuries, and you get looked down on if you cry off,as it's a old style bodybuilding/powerlifting gym, my blood stains are still on the squat rack where I cracked my head one time and thought the blood was sweat,they have never been wiped off, they are a reminder to me and others . Once I realised I finished my workout and then went up the hospital to get my head glued back together. Felt dizzy I can tell you,but thats how you earn your place in my gym that and bench pressing while someone is teabagging you but that is a whole other discussion . We had a guy doing full workouts while on chemo. Another guy completely tore his hamstring ,not in the gym ironically, and his leg was fukking purple he never missed a workout. But we have people entering competitions down my gym, some win,if they rested after every little strain or sprain they would not have won , Iam currently training for a regional, and that is what it takes. To build the body of your dreams.
You are either made for this life or you are not. Much of it is psychological, ask arnold. How much do you want to keep those gains? Are you prepared to swallow ibuprofen like smarties ? and perhaps have some sleepless nights due to shoulder pain? .
If it is was me,I would make a point of getting off the computer now, and going to the gym and doing the bench press. and doing a very hard shoulder workout to let my body know who is boss. Up to you. I would make those weights my bytch.
. I'm way too young to be sidelined
