Danger in Trendy Workouts

Yes, intense workouts are good for you, except when they’re bad for you, as researchers at Rutgers Medical School recently learned from the number of injuries from such exercise that was reported to National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from 2007 through 2016. What number is that? Almost 4 million, or 3,988,902, to be exact. Futurity reports that those resulted mainly from exercise equipment, such as barbells, kettle bells, and boxes, or calisthenics, such as burpees, push-ups, and lunges. Most injuries involved knees, ankles, and shoulders, and white men ages 20 to 39 had the most injuries. Wait there’s more. Futurity reports that the researchers found a steady increase of an average of 50,944 injuries per year, which rose alongside the growth in interest in the trendy and intense workouts as determined by the number of Google searches during the years studied. During this decade, they found a significant increase in nerve damage, internal organ injuries, concussions, puncture wounds, dislocations, and strains and sprains.