
09/05/2025
🚦 Should you push through pain, or stop?
Here’s what the research actually says:
👉 Mild, tolerable discomfort (3–5/10) that eases with warm-up and returns to baseline by the next day? That’s often safe — and sometimes better for long-term results.
👉 Sharp, stabbing, or worsening pain that lingers > 24 hours? 🚫 That’s your cue to adjust, not grind through.
This is called the Pain Monitoring Model — a proven way to train smarter, keep loading, and avoid setbacks.
⚡ Train smarter, not softer.
📩 DM me “PAIN” and I’ll send you my lifter’s guide to pain-free training.
https://topperformancept.com/when-to-push-through-pain-in-the-gym-what-the-research-really-says/