Best workout on the planet. Athletically working out much better than see heavy thing & lift it.
One leads to tons of potential injuries. The other leads to glory.
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All the hockey in the world won’t protect your bone density or help against osteoporosis. Lifting heavy weights will
You talk about injuries but getting checked full spead into the band by a 250lb player in the NHL will give you brain injury. Or that player that got eviscerated by a skate blade while he was on the ice.
If you lift properly and take appropriate rest days, you don’t get injured.