When a client is injured, the first reaction they have is to stop working out. I highly recommend not going down that road. My athletes have worked very hard to get where they are, and I hate to see them regress with regard to gains. A better way to approach an injury is to look at it as an opportunity to get better at something, avoiding the injury. You can also work on muscles around the injury, seeing if you can strengthen muscles around the injury.
Recently, I had a minor injury. I didn’t even think of laying off. I immediately thought, how can I work on a weakness.
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