Injury Prevention and Achieving Physical Autonomy w/Dr. John Rusin

Doing ballistic compound movements is going to cause catastrophic damage. How can you reach your fitness goals without doing damage to your body? How can you make sure you attain functional strength, flexibility and elasticity? What risks are people putting themselves at when they exercise the wrong way? On this episode, Dr. John Rusin talks about how he is reverse engineering orthopedic-based health and preventing injury.

It’s really hard to get somebody healthy when they are already broken. - Dr. John Rusin

Takeaways + Tactics  

1. Putting load and doing excessive lifts with a body foundation built on a house of cards, won’t line up for most people’s long-term goals.
2. You should be able to get a goal you are able to sustain.
3. Intelligence is not the barometer of success, it always comes down to whether you want to.

At the start of the show, John shared how he got started and how he met his wife. He also shared the goal of his work, which is spearheading injury prevention before people get hurt badly. We also discussed injury prevention, smart pain-free training strategies for lifters, functional hypertrophy, and the entrepreneurial mindset. Towards the end of the show, we discussed the importance of being of service and paying it forward.  

John also shared insights on;

• How people get chronic or traumatic injuries
• How trainers aren’t matching training with what people can do
• The dangers of ego and momentum
• Physical practices that protect you for the rest of your life

The biggest opportunity for people to live well into their 50s and 60s is to try to spearhead stuff in their 20s and 30s. It’s important to spearhead this stuff before you get a catastrophic industry and you do this by cutting out the need for short-term ego boosts and focusing more on long-term goals and longevity. If you want to be physically autonomous, it’s all about injury prevention and choosing a workout plan that doesn’t threaten this.

Guest Bio 

Dr. John Rusin is one of the leading pioneers in the development and implementation of the hybrid model of strength and conditioning based physical therapists in the fitness industry and rehabilitative based medical communities worldwide. Go to DrJohnRusin.com to get in touch or find him on social media @DrJohnRusin.