I know the feeling of grinding through sets, pushing past the burn, telling myself pain is just part of the process.
But there’s a fine line between dedication and destruction. Keep ignoring your joints, and one day that “no pain, no gain” mindset might just turn into no lift, no progress.
You know that feeling when you drop into a squat and your knees sound like popcorn? Yeah… that’s not your playlist, that’s your joints crying for help. You're training hard, chasing PRs, and you've convinced yourself that “a little ache” just means it's working. But there’s a difference between sore muscles and joints that are waving the white flag.
You stretch, you warm up (kind of), and tell yourself you’ll start foam rolling tomorrow… again. But if you want to keep chasing those gains without hobbling to the car after leg day, it’s time to take your joint health seriously.
Because the truth is muscles grow, but joints wear. And while you can’t flex cartilage, you sure can protect it. The lifters who last aren’t the ones who train hardest for six months, they’re the ones who train smart for years.
Keep grinding, keep growing, but maybe start listening to those joints before they start shouting.
Check out these top performing Joint Supplements!
Turmeric 95 by Hi Tech Pharmaceuticals
Turmeric 95 is an enhanced form of curcumin that combines Hi-Tech’s Cyclosome delivery system, provides more significant benefits than its relative native curcumin. Native curcumin is poorly absorbed and rapidly metabolized before much of its benefits can be implemented. With Tumeric 95s, advanced and effective delivery, it helps with inflammation in a major way. We have all heard the buzz around Tumeric, and Hi Tech Pharms did not waste time in the lab making sure to optimize its potential benefits.
Joyful Joints by Vital Alchemy
One of my favorites for joint health is Joyful Joints by Vital Alchemy. It has everything our bodies need for joint health and rehabilitation (if needed). Additionally, its ingredients will go as far as a SUPP can go to create extraordinary preventative measures. Yes, it’s loaded with Glucosamine… That’s a given. But Joyful Joints also have natural anti-inflammatories like Turmeric and Bromelain (Pineapple extract). Combining this with its Vitamin C and Cissus Quadrangularis, your joints and bones have everything they need to stay healthy while we continue to push our bodies further and further. My favorite aspect of Joyful Joints has to be the addition of Hyaluronic Acid. It’s an additional supplement that our joints need to stay healthy. It creates more vital Synovial fluid in our cartilage. Basically, that is the fluid that bathes our joints and functions as joint lubrication. Hyaluronic Acid isn’t something you see in every Joint supplement; however, it should be! Joyful Joints is one of the most well-rounded Joint SUPP’s and should be everyone’s ‘go-to’ supplement in Joint health.
Joint and Tissue by Myogenix
Joint and Tissue by Myogenix was formulated to target both hard and soft tissues by working with your body’s immune system. So Myogenix was “up in the lab with a pen and a pad” (only the cool will get that) and created UCII’. UCII’ is undenatured type II collagen, a revolutionary new dietary ingredient that works with the immune system to promote healthy joints through oral tolerization. This helps the body tell the difference between good stuff, like ingredients in supplements, and bad stuff like Bacteria. Myogenix nailed it.
Protect the grind before it breaks you.
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