as a 50ish year old, listen to me kids.
lift with your back in a jerking motion if you want. fuck up your back, I don’t care.
I’m not your dad.
Your back is like your strongest muscle dude!
As a 20ish year old listen to me kids, protect your back at all costs. You are not invincible because you are young.
Every single time you ever lift something heavy, ask yourself is your back straight?
My back is a little gay sometimes, is that normal?
how long has it bengay?
Sometimes? It must just be backurious.
Always lift with your back. It’s the biggest muscle in your body.
Dont lift with your back, kids.
I did… now I dont anymore, more like I cant anymore
Im not even old
False
Disc herniation is a hoax anyway.
Sold to you by big back
Orthopedists hate this one weird trick.
Id know, I have one for over a year, and people tell me that once you get a hernia on one of disks, your back is never the same
I believe them
I have 2 herniated disks from about 15 years ago… between c5 & c6 and c6 & c7. Worst pain of my life and when I first learned the wonder of oxy.
There is hope and believe it or not, if you strengthen your back you’re much less likely to experience pain and issues. I started lifting almost 10 years ago now, and heavy lifting at that. I was worried what squatting with a heavy bar on my back might do though. Learned good form - this is key - and in strengthening my back I’m virtually pain free now. Little things never hurt it.
Talk to a PT or other professional who knows your particular issues about strength training before you start, and as I said learn good lifting form. My ortho has encouraged me to keep it up… my PT too. It’ll change your life for the better.
I got it, by pushing with my legs, a lot lot lot of kg, but not enough training, maybe a few weeks then I went in too much
Worst part: doctors didnt see anything, they didnt even do all the necessary scans, and I forgot where I put the paper for order date
I know this is a joke, but I have this rant locked and loaded, so it’s going off.
Just fucking lift things.
The reason you always see this advice with the beige corporate art style is because that’s who invented it. Corporations. They noticed they kept having to pay workers comp when people threw out their backs on the job, and so started parroting this line rather than actually doing anything to solve the problem.
Essentially what they are trying to get you to do is use a powerlifting style squat/deadlift technique to lift everything. Which makes some sense. Powerlifters can lift a lot of weight. But it doesn’t make that much sense because most things in real life aren’t barbell shaped. They are weird and bulky and awkward and asymmetrical and have no good places to grab with your hands. You grab them however you can, and lift them however you can, because the job needs to get done. The human body is not a delicate flower that will wilt and die if you don’t use perfect squat technique to lift every object you ever lift until the day you die. We know this because you’ve lifted all sorts of things all sorts of ways and you’ve mostly been fine.
Does technique matter? Of course! That’s why real weightlifters and powerlifters practice it obsessively. You aren’t gonna pull 600lbs raw without having some damn good technique. But you aren’t pulling 600lbs when you pick up a bankers box full of tps reports.
The real way to avoid back injuries is:
- Move around a lot during the day. If you work an office job, stand up and go get a coffee and talk to Bill in accounting, or go for a stroll around the parking lot. Stretch out a little if something feel tight.
- Exercise. Start by just going out and doing literally anything - hiking, cycling, playing soccer, yoga, etc. The most important thing for back health is just having a core that is fairly strong and fit, which is trained by doing “fun” sports. If you are already regularly exercising, you can supplement with some heavy lifting.
- Don’t overdo it. Most tweaks happen when people are fatigued, and their muscles aren’t coordinating in the way they usually do. So if you are getting tired, call it early.
Now, what should the person who lifts things for their job do? Well, fingers crossed you aren’t already injured. In that case, start hitting the gym - probably just one day per week, or as job fatigue allows - and start building up the big lifts. If you can pull 600lbs, you probably won’t throw out your back moving a couch, even if you are moving couches all day.
Tell me you don’t lift for your job without telling me you don’t lift for your job. Your back will start to hurt after 5 minutes if you bend over like that. Loading trucks for your job grinds you down like sandpaper on your joints.
For those who have always seen this image and advice and have been like, “huh?” Like i was for the longest time, it wasnt until i finally started going to the gym and learning squats did i realize how fulfilling and painless lifting with proper form is
If youre looking for a good starting point for learning squats at home, ive sent this video to a couple friends with positive results: https://youtu.be/k-0OYcoyASk
Its worth it
I think everyone should start off all exercises with only body weight and high reps. Even for stuff like bicep curls. You gotta cement proper form in muscle memory before you start adding weight. And when you do start adding weight, start with the smallest amount available to you.
I did this after I stopped working out for a few years following a shoulder surgery (I did all my rehab) and through this I’ve built up muscles I didn’t even know existed.
I do a circuit where each exercise has a goal of 100 reps, and good lord can you get a good burn with only a 2lb dumbbell. And my gains are actually noticeable compared to when I started lifting heavy. I’ve lost weight, but shirts that fit before are actually tighter.
I once saw someone stop, clack and press both heels together, point their toes forward, bend completely forward with stock straight legs, and snap their back upward with two rapid jerks to lift a 40+ pound box. The poor doofus couldn’t have been older than 20. My chest feels tight remembering it.
Also dont forget to use a sharp jerking motion for maximum power
you have to sneak up on the box
Why is looking like frog a con?
Warts
Meh better than the cancer strains of frog
Do you want to be associated with the fr*nch?
Just deadlift everything. Fuck it.
This would be perfect if it had “throwing ass” as one of the positives
