You push your body hard and you will have injuries. Period. Correct form or not. There is not a single elite bodybuilder or elite athlete who hasn't had problems with injuries. If you're lucky you escape from disfiguring tears but injuries in general are inescapable. Dorian's form was nearly perfect but look where he ended up.
I saw the Ed Coan disaster before.
When you're dealing with powerlifting, it's not the same as most recreational bodybuilders.
At some point when you go up in weight, the torque and external forces placed on the ligaments and tendons themselves is greater than the strength of the muscles they are attached to.
Every lifter needs to have an internal (conscience) in terms of what you think you can handle safely at your max.
If you don't have that inner safety mechanism, you're asking for injuries.
Most bodybuilders I see don't lift heavy enough to get serious injuries anyway, they're more liable to get injured with horrible form.
It's one thing to tear a bicep deadlifting 600lbs.....and quite another to tear one because you aren't doing negatives or controlling the movement of the weight.
Shit, I've been saying that for years.........most bodybuilders I see don't even do negatives, which is a prime reason they get injured when lifting heavy weight.
You do negatives and static holds, you gain the type of strength needed to handle max weights.....
If you don't maxout, if you don't condition your ligaments and tendons to handle major weight, you're asking for trouble.
In terms of training, you are what you do.
If you don't lift heavy, don't expect your muscles and surrounding joint tissue to accept the load just because you "
think" your muscles can handle it.
At my gym there are only a few "
lifters", people who handle serious weight all the time.......but there are tons of bodybuilders who look big but aren't strong at all.
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