[trabant00]

Injuries are not talked about enough on the internet. And they should be the number one topic for amateur fitness enthusiasts of any kind. Everybody is focusing on impressive performance results but:

- you will never achieve anything resembling impressive as an amateur natty no matter what you do. PED use is so common now they're the standard for comparisons

- your pay check does not depend on achieving certain results. Look at the pros when they stop competing, they know it's not worth pushing it any more

- any persistent injury significantly affects your life quality. A very mild shoulder RSI makes sleeping and sex complicated

- training 3 times a week for decades offers plenty of opportunities to make mistakes so you need to leave a big margin for safety

- 80/20 rule applies to the effort and results and to the risk and rewards

[memefrog]

I think the number one topic should be actually doing it at all. Too many people just talk about getting exercise, or endlessly watch videos about it, or endlessly read blogs and articles and guides, but never actually do it, or do very little.

[ImPostingOnHN]

I think it should be injuries, because of the reasons mentioned above.

It's better to not work out and not be injured than it is to work out and be injured, so the focus should first be on avoiding injury and second on actually going out and doing stuff. Same reason we watch safety videos before we do the thing they concern.