01/02/2026
If it hurts to exercise, don’t ask “Should I stop?”
Ask:
🙏When does it hurt?
✌️How does it hurt?
👍What movement exactly brings it on?
Pain is tricky … but it’s not usually random.
If you know what you’re looking for, pain often improves with the right changes to:
1️⃣technique
2️⃣volume and intensity
3️⃣exercise selection
4️⃣start and end positions
5️⃣tempo
The real question is…
Are your tissues prepared for the task you’re asking them to do?
And how do we know?
Did we earn that movement?
Did we prepare properly before loading it?
Sometimes pain isn’t saying “never do this again.”
It’s saying “not today.”
Pain needs context.
It leaves clues.
When you understand what actually matters,
pain stops being the enemy…
and starts becoming FEEDBACK.
