vkg1
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I got a disk injury a few months ago while doing deadlifts and sometimes feel like I was instantly transformed into an old man who will have a stiff back for the rest of his life. I have faith that things will improve. But it seems like my back just always bothers me a little in a hard to describe way. I went from feeling as good as I ever did in my youth (i.e. basically feeling invincible), to suddenly always being aware that I cannot move around as freely anymore. Suddenly I'm conscious of how everything we do relies on the integrity of these little disks in our backs...
I see olympic lifters, strongmen, etc lifting ungodly amount of weight. Why don't people's spines just break? Or at least the little disks not just collapse? I understand that muscles stabilize them and all that. But ultimately all the weight is supported by those little disks in the spine. How do those superhuman strength guys do it?
I see olympic lifters, strongmen, etc lifting ungodly amount of weight. Why don't people's spines just break? Or at least the little disks not just collapse? I understand that muscles stabilize them and all that. But ultimately all the weight is supported by those little disks in the spine. How do those superhuman strength guys do it?