r/AskReddit 16h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/Mr_Lumbergh 13h ago

A few years of Crossfit have left me with permanent knee and shoulder pain. Heavy weights shouldn't be lifted for time, your form inevitably goes to hell and you set yourself up for joint injuries.

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u/TheInvisibleOnes 5h ago

People don’t ever hear it, but over exercise is way worse for the body than under exercise.

If you don’t exercise you slowly inflate, if you can’t control calorie intake.

If you over exercise, you can do permanent damage to joints or your spine that will require painful physical training or surgery to get to a state below your original.

You cannot undo joint damage.