Stuart McGill

In other words, they have the skill of jiu-jitsu, but they don't need to push the end range every day. Because if they do... They're in so much pain, they can't train. So we back off the volume. And I could tell you stories about professional football players. They were their strongest when they were in college. Their bodies can't take the heavy strength training once they get into the NFL.

They don't squat and deadlift what they used to. They're limiting the depth. They're pulling off blocks. The game changes and it's not what people think.

They don't squat and deadlift what they used to. They're limiting the depth. They're pulling off blocks. The game changes and it's not what people think.

They don't squat and deadlift what they used to. They're limiting the depth. They're pulling off blocks. The game changes and it's not what people think.

Yeah. I have a short attention span. Can I just add added value to that? Don't get hurt. Getting hurt is tremendously asymmetric. Let me, do you know the book by Taleb Nassim? Oh, Nassim Taleb.

Yeah. I have a short attention span. Can I just add added value to that? Don't get hurt. Getting hurt is tremendously asymmetric. Let me, do you know the book by Taleb Nassim? Oh, Nassim Taleb.

Yeah. I have a short attention span. Can I just add added value to that? Don't get hurt. Getting hurt is tremendously asymmetric. Let me, do you know the book by Taleb Nassim? Oh, Nassim Taleb.

Antifragile. Yeah. Oh, in Antifragile, he quotes our work. He quotes my Low Back Disorders book as an example of antifragile medicine. Interesting. Anyway, when you talk to Taleb, in an economic sense, If I gave you $100 to invest, if you had a 50% gain, you'd end up with 150 bucks. If you had a 50% loss, you'd end up with 50.

Antifragile. Yeah. Oh, in Antifragile, he quotes our work. He quotes my Low Back Disorders book as an example of antifragile medicine. Interesting. Anyway, when you talk to Taleb, in an economic sense, If I gave you $100 to invest, if you had a 50% gain, you'd end up with 150 bucks. If you had a 50% loss, you'd end up with 50.

Antifragile. Yeah. Oh, in Antifragile, he quotes our work. He quotes my Low Back Disorders book as an example of antifragile medicine. Interesting. Anyway, when you talk to Taleb, in an economic sense, If I gave you $100 to invest, if you had a 50% gain, you'd end up with 150 bucks. If you had a 50% loss, you'd end up with 50.

It's much more hurtful to lose 50 than the relative jolly you would get of gaining 50.

It's much more hurtful to lose 50 than the relative jolly you would get of gaining 50.

It's much more hurtful to lose 50 than the relative jolly you would get of gaining 50.

Right. And so it is so asymmetric with injury. Training, if you push, is taking a risk. You might gain a little bit in short-term resilience or short-term performance, but you have a chance of really screwing things up. And an injury is really asymmetrically harmful. So when we work with People and athletes, we really try and avoid injury because of the asymmetry of the consequence. Injury is bad.

Right. And so it is so asymmetric with injury. Training, if you push, is taking a risk. You might gain a little bit in short-term resilience or short-term performance, but you have a chance of really screwing things up. And an injury is really asymmetrically harmful. So when we work with People and athletes, we really try and avoid injury because of the asymmetry of the consequence. Injury is bad.

Right. And so it is so asymmetric with injury. Training, if you push, is taking a risk. You might gain a little bit in short-term resilience or short-term performance, but you have a chance of really screwing things up. And an injury is really asymmetrically harmful. So when we work with People and athletes, we really try and avoid injury because of the asymmetry of the consequence. Injury is bad.

That's the first part that I wanted to say. The second part is people train hard and they feel the muscle burn and they talk about muscle, but they don't talk about their joints. And the key to long life is don't mess up your joints. You can train hard and build muscle, but muscle is adaptive and resilient. Joints are not so much.

That's the first part that I wanted to say. The second part is people train hard and they feel the muscle burn and they talk about muscle, but they don't talk about their joints. And the key to long life is don't mess up your joints. You can train hard and build muscle, but muscle is adaptive and resilient. Joints are not so much.

That's the first part that I wanted to say. The second part is people train hard and they feel the muscle burn and they talk about muscle, but they don't talk about their joints. And the key to long life is don't mess up your joints. You can train hard and build muscle, but muscle is adaptive and resilient. Joints are not so much.

And if you start messing those up when you're younger by training too hard, you'll find that, oh, I was training at this intensity because I wanted to be strong when I'm 70 and 80. They'll find that, no, their knees ache. They can't get down on their knees anymore. They have to crawl up a chair or a wall. Very sad picture. It is. Don't mess up your joints.