The Two Most Slandered Joints in the Gym

Build for Health with Srdjan Injac · Jan 22, 2026 · 26m · transcript

Knees and shoulders might be the two most over-policed joints in the gym—by people who mean well, by people who absolutely don’t, and by that one guy who taught you to fear squats in 2004. Pete and Srdjan break down what actually makes these joints cranky, which “rules” are myths, and how to tell the difference between real injury pain and the normal discomfort of undertrained tissue waking up.

You’ll come away with a simple framework: earn your range of motion, stop chasing load at the expense of control, and treat warm-ups and stabilizers like the main event—not an apology lap. Plus: why…