2981: How to Lift Weights With Bad Joints (5 Things That Actually Help)
Release Date: 11/04/2026
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Code: BLACKFRIDAY for 60% off all MAPS programs, MODs, bundles and guides. Every purchase this month enters you into the biggest giveaway we’ve ever done, including PRX squat racks, a Joovv panel, Eight Sleep, a 3-day Park City wellness retreat and more. A MOD or guide is 10 entries, a program is 20 and a bundle is 50. Winners are announced every weekday at 4pm PST on Instagram Live.
Next giveaway: Wed Nov 4 at 4pm PST on IG Live for Kion Aminos (6 winners, 1 tub each).
Want to lift weights but your knees, shoulders or hips hurt? The guys share 5 things to do (and 1 thing to avoid) so you can strength train with bad joints: use isometrics, go slow, shorten your range of motion but still challenge it, use machines, and stay away from NSAIDs when you can. They also talk about new Seed probiotic studies, building muscle in a calorie deficit, raising resilient kids, football helmets, and essential amino acids vs whey. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com.
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00:00 - Intro
03:53 - How to lift with bad joints: why strength training is the best thing for joint health
10:03 - Tip 1: Use isometrics for fast pain relief
13:13 - Tips 2 and 3: Slow tempo and shortened range of motion that still challenges you
19:27 - Tips 4 and 5: Use machines and stay away from NSAIDs when you can
23:32 - New Seed probiotic studies and Bret Contreras’s post on building muscle in a deficit
44:38 - Raising resilient kids and the football helmet debate
55:53 - Essential amino acids vs whey protein: what the studies show
1:01:48 - Caller: Jennifer (Nevada) — 55 years old, long diet history, overtraining and under-eating, ready to build strength
1:20:19 - Caller: Derek (Massachusetts) — 50-year-old hockey player rebuilding after a wrist surgery, gets MAPS 15 Performance
1:29:17 - Caller: Brock (Utah) — returning caller stuck in all-or-nothing workouts, learns why a little beats nothing
1:39:20 - Caller: Jessie (North Carolina) — big GLP-1 transformation, afraid of the scale, wants to build muscle