How to Avoid Injury Lifting Weights Over 40 (Hint: It’s Not Your Technique) Injury Prevention For Men Over 40

Stop blaming your technique. That’s not the reason you’re getting injured.

If you're lifting over 40 — and you should be — the biggest risk to your joints, spine, and long-term strength isn't your form.

It’s your lack of preparedness.

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Now let’s clear up some BS and talk about injury prevention for men over 40.

Why you actually get injured lifting over 40 - Injury Prevention For Men Over 40

• It’s not the bar path.

• It’s not a slightly rounded back on deadlifts.

• It’s not that you didn’t arch hard enough on the bench.

You get injured when:

1. You don’t know how to brace

2. You’re lifting weights, your tissues aren’t ready for

Technique makes you efficient. Bracing keeps you safe. Capacity is what protects you.

Think about it — life is messy. You don’t get to “neutral spine” when you catch a falling kid or slip on the stairs. If you never train in less-than-perfect positions, you stay fragile.

Jefferson curls are safer than your ego

We’re told to never round our back. Never flex the spine. Never stray from the neutral position.

But when’s the last time life gave you neutral?

That’s why I believe Jefferson curls, rounded-back deadlifts, and loaded spine flexion are not dangerous — they're preparation.

Lucas Hardie of Range of Strength has done incredible work showing that building capacity in these “unsafe” positions makes your body more adaptable, not more fragile.

You get hurt in real life because you’ve never trained in the positions that happen under fatigue or chaos. You’ve been told "orthopedic safety" is avoiding the bad positions, not preparing for them.

That’s the lie.

What to do instead (especially over 40)

• Learn to brace like your life depends on it — it does.

• Build capacity gradually, heavy is earned, not rushed.

• Train intentionally in imperfect positions under load.

• Drop the “injury prevention” warmup fluff and actually get strong.

And if you’re over 40, juggling stress, hormones, and time, get a program that matches your stage of life. I coach men every day who want to lift hard and stay healthy while doing it.

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