The Health and Fitness Thread 2020

[chickenstrip]

I've been a little worried about using NSAIDS, in my case low-dose Ibuprofen (200mg) to control some pain after training, having read about the possibility of it actually decreasing muscle growth and strength potentials.
I don't take them just to get rid of the muscular aches from training, which I actually enjoy, but with my bone and joint injuries, I sometimes need them for pains in these areas, where NSAIDS seem to be the only things that work effectively.
After some training sessions, I don't seem to need anything. I don't take them pre-training to enable harder sessions, and I only use them when I get those nasty, deep and persistent aches in bones and joints, for which low-dose Ibuprofen seems very effective.
I have also found an article* that suggests the detrimental effects of NSAID use is more marked in younger individuals, and also, since I am training for general health and muscle growth rather than to competition levels, I think the irregular low-dose usage that I indulge in is probably not too harmful to my health or to the kind of gains I am trying to achieve.
What thinks you?

* https://www.strengthlog.com/does-nsaid-kill-your-gains/
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[pepperami]

I’ve seen a good few of my colleagues take pain killers before training in a bid to aid harder training.

Every one of them to a man has ended up doing some damage somewhere along the line over time, even if it has not been major damage.

Myself, I use my pain thresholds as a way of limiting the intensity/mildness of my training session.
Basically: if I hurt, I stop doing that.
My frail old body complains every time I train
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[chickenstrip]

But with most exercises, I can go to failure without major pain, and rarely have pain immediately after a workout, more fatigue and muscular aches. I don't take pain relief for just DOMS either. And I've already said I don't take anything to enable harder workouts. I'm also quite fastidious about allowing full recovery between workouts.

It's just that sometimes I have to take Ibuprofen when pain in joints and bones arises later following a workout.
Take yesterday for e.g. I did a hard session on pecs and triceps, maxed out on all the major exercises I did in regard to sets and reps. That was mid afternoon. It wasn't until later that evening that my damaged arm and shoulder started to hurt. So I took 1x200mg Ibuprofen. Later in the night, I woke up from the pain again and took another. Today I've been fine, but starting to hurt a little bit again now, so might need another tonight, but I woudn't expect, from previous experience, to need any more tomorrow.

This doesn't happen after every workout either, even if I push myself hard.
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