More strength = less pain ???

[TheDevilAside]

I've been lifting free weights for a little over half of a year now, and my muscle mass and strength has increased significantly. But, one of the things I've noticed, is that I don't seem to feel as much pain. I used to skateboard a lot when I was younger, so I was used to feeling pain, and I could ignore it and move on.. but that didn't mean that it didn't hurt. But now, a couple of times, I've noticed that when I get hit or something, I feel much less pain than I used to. I've noticed this a couple of times, one time someone hit me in the head as hard as he could with a hockey stick. Other times, uncoordinated and wreckless students at my dojo have accidently elbowed me, punched me and kicked me with quite a bit of force to my face, ribs and ribs again. But, I didn't really feel any pain :/ I mean, I could feel the impact... but it didn't hurt as badly as I thought it would.

 

Is this because of weight lifting or am I just a lunatic?

[Bretty101]

You a nutter!!

 

I guess doing weight lifting you can develop a high pain threshold. I used to love the pain of lifting weights, it gives me a massive release of endorphines.

 

I wouldn't describe the pain as being the same as the throbbing pain when you get hit in the mouth or the pain you get when winded or caught in the groin.

 

I found gaining muscle really supported my joints and posture and was a lot more comfortable because of that. I'd describe that as a pain releif but i still feel pain.

 

Bretty

[ZR440]

You've been hit enough times that it doesn't surprise you anymore. You ever say to yourself "man, this is going to hurt" before it ever happens? You've conditioned yourself to pain in a way.

 

Hit in the head with a hockey stick? Are you playing against Marty McSorley? hahahaha

[TheDevilAside]

Hit in the head with a hockey stick? Are you playing against Marty McSorley? hahahaha

 

lol! Close, I was in PE and we were playing street hockey. The puck was in the air, and this idiot decides he's going to hit it while it's in the air. So, he swung as hard as he could and hit the side of my face instead of the puck.

[White Warlock]

Yeah, it's really not 'more strength.' It's the process of lifting weights that raises the pain threshold, by direct exposure to 'pain.'

 

When i was in my teens, my little sister (11 years my younger) used to kick me in the... lower extremities... all the friggin' time (annoying wench). Eventually i found that it didn't bother me that much. I wouldn't roll up and fall to the floor. My legs would still wobble, but i would grimace, adjust, and move on.

 

Now, obviously i don't recommend people stand together and kick each other to reach high octaves... but there is something to being periodically exposed to excruciating pain that eventually numbs you to procreating... err... umm... pain as a whole.

[ramymensa]

Guess it's all just getting used to it. A lot of pain is felt because you weren't used to it. When it becomes familiar, it gets more bearble. I've noticed how freaked out we get when falling on the street. It's an event that make the entire day go wrong. After I started taking some judo lessons it came to me. I was very relaxed, and the whole thing didn't seem like an international problem

 

I think it's the same with getting hit. When used to be kicked and punched any brutal event is something usual, the mindset is prepared and even the pain, felt previously, is not as bad as for a completelly untrained person. Guess

[daeinwolf]

Since getting into body suspension and the like I have experienced the same. When I spar I feel the impact, but there is little to know pain.

 

SiK---Joshua

[shotochem]

yeah, after a while you just get used to getting hit. Then it takes a harder and harder hit to faze you. The only down side is the next morning you wake up and find bruises all over your body and wonder......Why?????