Eh, post length aside, my point was that, yeah, while I couldn't imagine myself needing a pallet jack to lift 30 lbs, I can definitely imagine that choice being considered a wiser course of action for plenty of other folks.mouse wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:28 amThis is a really long post to refute that there a lot of "Make sure not to lift X because you'll blow a disc!" comments on internet lifting videos...Renascent wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:42 am Is strenuity a requirement for owning or utilizing a home gym, though? If Joe Blow owns his/her/their own shit, I suppose they're free to do with it whatever they please, progressive overload be damned. Physical hardship for the sake of itself isn't all that glamorous to the average pedestrian, and who says it has to be? Rip? Especially if you can complete the same menial work, at work, in a smarter fashion...
Someone in their own home gym endlessly doing circuit training with the same pair of dumbbells might not be neurologically conditioned or prepared to lift anything heavier than they're accustomed to, and (thankfully) said user might know their own limits. Or maybe they only give a fuck about heart health or sinew or looking decent without clothes.
Though it's nothing to brag about, I work with plenty of people who probably can't (or aren't willing to) lift an arbitrary number of pounds' worth of some shit they don't personally own, and aren't willing to incur the intimate risk of tearing something. They come get me to move their desktops when IT takes too long to respond to a ticket, and the first thing I always hear is, "Don't hurt yourself!" It's not because they doubt I can lift it; it's because they know it would really suck ass for anyone to tear something -- under any circumstances -- for an employer and not for the physical fulfillment that a hobby like lifting entails.
And, as was pointed out, the employer's going to set the ceiling real low to avoid a lawsuit. If the sign said to get a dolly for anything weighing over 250, and someone fucks up a bicep or a hamstring lifting 200, well ... that employer's legal team is likely a stable of dum-dums.
It wasn't a critique or commentary on different training mentalities or styles.
The comments I've seen also frequently come from people who consider themselves lifters.
Edit: let's not let my frustration about people who used to bench 500 back in high school telling kids that deadlifting anything over 135 is 'ego lifting' that will put them in a wheelchair detract from the humorous posters about needing a pallet jack to lift more than 30 32 lbs
Ronnie in mail processing, with his spinal fusion surgery, or Phyllis in accounting who can barely bend her knees to tie her own shoes -- neither would make good candidates for colleagues whom I'd feel inclined to convince that they can lift something they're wary of lifting.