[majkinetor]

> If your goal is to optimize your enjoyment of your body now and in the future, then do whatever works best to serve that goal in the gym

Why would my goal be enjoyment? I follow the science and do what must be done. I don't enjoy broccoli or fish too, but still eat them. I enjoy sugar, but I totally do not eat it.

> A problem that both my parents started experiencing around forty, and which I encountered on the same schedule, was chronic knee pain.

I never had a knee pain until I started exercising. Taking turmeric now for it.

> My friends sometimes say things like, you hurt yourself playing soccer, isn't that dumb?

Your friends are right. I played basketball entire life, and now I stopped it, because if somebody hits me I am in pain for days. You have to aknowledge your age and that you are more fragile and heal very slow, even with optimal nutrition and supplementation and gadgets like red light.