When do I stop doing this?

Someone asked me a question about their rehab recently:

“When do I stop doing that? Do I ever stop doing that?”

That’s a really good question.

Because there’s nothing inherently wrong with doing a rehab exercise.

And there’s nothing inherently wrong with modifying a lift when something keeps bothering you.

I do both with clients.

The problem is when nobody can tell you what happens next.

Why are you doing this?

What is it supposed to change?

When do you make it harder?

When do you stop?

And how does any of it get you back to squatting, deadlifting, running, or whatever you actually want to do?

That’s where a modification can turn into another thing you’re stuck doing.

If I change someone’s squat because their back keeps getting cooked, I don’t want that variation to become the lift they avoid back squats with forever.

There needs to be a reason for it.

Something we’re trying to restore.

Something we’re trying to build.

And a way to know when they’re ready for more.

Because the goal was never to become really good at rehab.

The goal is to get back to training.

Tomorrow I’ll show you how I think about that progression inside Rebuild™.

Hope you’re moving well and brewing better ☕️

Gabe