Current Events > It's actually stunning how poorly trained medical professionals are on fitness

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"At your age you shouldn't be doing weights"
"Squats are bad for your knees"
"If you have any kind of pain stop the activity. Stick to lifting no more than 5kgs"
"Do lighter weights at higher reps"
"Run instead"

Doctors and nurses prescribing brisk walks to granny and grandpa who's mobility issues include thinks that walking will almost never improve. I genuinely fucking wonder how many people would not be in old folks home if they weren't being actively encouraged to bow down to atrophy at the soonest sign of aging.

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Im sure you know better.

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Looked gf posted...

Im sure you know better.

What is that even supposed to mean, lol


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Eh it depends on the doctor

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pinky0926 posted...

"At your age you shouldn't be doing weights"
"Squats are bad for your knees"
"If you have any kind of pain stop the activity. Stick to lifting no more than 5kgs"
"Do lighter weights at higher reps"
"Run instead"

Doctors and nurses prescribing brisk walks to granny and grandpa who's mobility issues include thinks that walking will almost never improve. I genuinely fucking wonder how many people would not be in old folks home if they weren't being actively encouraged to bow down to atrophy at the soonest sign of aging.

Old folks homes are actively encouraged in the US at least as a byproduct of the societally incessant need for kids at 18 to leave their parents houses and become independent adults, regardless of the hardships that they might face, up to and including straight up homelessness and falling into a destitute lifestyle.

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