186: How Common Are Serious & Overuse Injuries in Competitive Bodybuilding?

There’s been a fair amount of research done on injury rates in sports that revolve around lifting weights, but little on bodybuilding despite all the anecdotal stuff that floats around. Today we review a research study on the topic of bodybuilding injury rates among the highest levels of competitors. Meanwhile, the discussion that follows centers around finding a balanced perspective on how much to push though pain and how much weight to put on competitive success in bodybuilding. John always reviews the full text of every article, but to see the abstract of the study discussed, click here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886919

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