How to mrp with chronic pain

Sepean · 2023-12-04T22:37:36+00:00

You don’t need crazy lifts or being jacked to do mrp. Frame and game is 80% - you behavior is WAY more important than your looks.

You’re doing fine at those numbers, drop a bit of fat if you want to look better, but if your wife isn’t all over you already it’s because your frame is weak and your game is lacking.

It’s got nothing to do with your lifting. 10 pounds of muscle is going to have close to no impact.

Cam_Winston21 · 2023-12-04T16:31:18+00:00

I cannot work out crazy hard like red pill side bar prescribes, I end up with injury and staying out of the gym.

Lifting correctly results in no injuries. The goal should be to work the muscle, not move x lbs. There are hundreds/thousands of youtube videos on how to properly execute each lift. Do them correctly and you won't get hurt.

Go look up PPL and do that for sets/reps & don't obsess over how heavy you can go for your one rep max. Just lift.

Me: 56, 26 years of lifting regularly. Zero joint issues.

Edit: I see you have a hernia. Get it fixed, then lift. Life is too short to fill it with excuses. Get with your doctor and fix the hernia. Avoiding it isn't fixing it.

Tyred_Biggums · 2023-12-04T21:55:01+00:00

“And in most cases what Epicurus said should help: that pain is neither unbearable nor unending, as long as you keep in mind its limits and don’t magnify them in your imagination.

And keep in mind too that pain often comes in disguise—as drowsiness, fever, loss of appetite. . . . When you’re bothered by things like that, remind yourself: “I’m giving in to pain.” -Marcus Aurelius

Kevlar__Soul · 2023-12-04T19:02:09+00:00

Idea is to show up at the gym consistently and do the best job possible can. Why there is no one prescribed workout for everyone on the red pill.

I normally wouldn’t suggest this but in your case I would hire a personal trainer. Preferably someone who knows how to deal with pain in work outs. Or possible go to your doc and see if you can get physically therapy to help.

Not sure what kind of pain we are talking (joint, muscle, etc) Lyme disease causes. Maybe using machines instead of free weights may be the answer. Limit risk of injury as the movement is controlled. Sure won’t get the results of free weights but shitty workout done consistently is better then the best workout done sporadically.

If nothing else works then focus on staying lean by having a solid diet.

Ps don’t just give up make sure your seeking new doctors and trying everything to address this issue. I would try elimination diets to see if you can narrow down a food trigger. There are tick born diseases that cause people to become allergic to certain foods( red meat). It’s always possible the tick that gave you Lyme also caused you to pick up an allergy. Whole 30 and carnivore die might be good places to start.

deerstfu · 2023-12-04T15:58:56+00:00

There is no reason that, years later, after elimination of the bacteria, Lyme disease would make you any more prone to injury. So, good news, you can ignore the pain unless theres evidence of actual injury. Like everyone else.

If you actually have myositis or autoimmune joint inflammation, those could cause issues. But chronic lyme disease doesn't cause those things. So you would need to followup up with a rheumatologist and/or neuromuscular specialist to figure out whats going on and start treatment.

red88lobster · 2023-12-04T23:44:09+00:00

What's your diet like ?

Some things that helped me with inflammation ;

Fish oil Turmeric Glucosamine Eating no/less bread and grain.

I also have an essential oil massage oil for my hands because my job is laboring with my hands and at the end of the day my hands are very sore.

But I think diet is the main factor. Maybe you should look at what you're eating .

Jut my two cents

Cheers.

BobbyPeru · 2023-12-06T07:23:07+00:00

Just hit the gym regularly. I don’t know where you got this idea that you need to be jacked. Just exercise regularly. You don’t even have to lift that heavy. The idea is to not be fat or skinny-fat. Most of MRP is mental/emotional

echo979 · 2023-12-07T03:39:22+00:00

I love to lift heavy but am prone to articulation injuries. They suck! The muscle wants, the mind is eager to train but suddenly have to drop to 10% of my max. Very frustrating.

What helped me is HIT, high intensity training. You work with just 10-30% of your max but you do very slow and deliberate movements, 10seconds up and 10 seconds down, control, steady. You do that until failure and force it a bit beyond.

Google Doug McGuff. He says to train infrequently, like once a week, but for me works better with 3 x week, full body workout, just vary the exercises from one day to another. One day I'm doing bench press for chest, the other using a machine, the other cable crossover. You get the gist.

teacherlaoshi2 · 2023-12-04T17:54:28+00:00

Go watch Ronnie Coleman at age 55 discuss nonchalantly on JRE (seated in a wheelchair post-surgery no-less) how he still regularly squats 300+ lbs after having every disc along his spine herniated and subsequently fused over the past 10 years simply because working out is non-negotiable for him, and ask yourself if your pain/inflammation exceeds his.

Manage the pain, but recognize you’ll likely need to endure it to get the physical results you seek. Injury and illness are a shit hand but others have dealt with and overcome comparable situations to yours.

Tyred_Biggums · 2023-12-04T15:52:28+00:00

Are there any other excuses you want to throw out? Have you been to a pain management specialist? Have you seen a pain management therapist? Or have you just decided to self-medicate?

Lifts?

DanubianDelusion · 2023-12-04T14:55:50+00:00

Read the book of David Goggins. It’s just a mental boundary nothing else. Don’t pussy around.

And by the way marijuana isn’t the golden drug for every fucking malady, only the pharmaceuticals want to earn millions with selling lies for the idiots like you worldwide.

Title	How to mrp with chronic pain
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Date	December 4, 2023 2:45 PM UTC (2 years ago)
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