{"podcast":{"title":"AGING with STRENGTH®","slug":"aging-with-strength-7179340","podcast_index_feed_id":7179340,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3037652.rss","website_url":"https://www.agingwithstrength.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3037652/a907398324d513fcd69c210172629582.jpg","author":"Paul von Zielbauer","episode_count":22,"summary":"Actionable aging intelligence from a lifelong athlete & Pulitzer-nominated former New York Times journalist.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T18:18:35.424178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340"},"episode":{"title":"Avoiding (and recovering from) athletic injuries: Strategies, tips & stories from the trenches","slug":"avoiding-and-recovering-from-athletic-injuries-strategies-tips-stories-from-the-trenches","published_at":"2026-06-06T18:58:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340/avoiding-and-recovering-from-athletic-injuries-strategies-tips-stories-from-the-trenches","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340","url":"https://www.agingwithstrength.com/p/avoiding-and-recovering-from-athletic-injuries","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200652241/f98ce1994b70612085686213701eeeeb.mp3","summary":"Whether you’re a lifelong athlete or a newbie gym rat, adventure racer or alternative exercise aficionado, how we think about, prevent and deal with injuries makes a big difference in life satisfaction. Because, there’s no two ways about it: athletic injuries after 50 are harder to overcome. Sometimes they don’t go away; we just manage them. There’s a reason physically active people over 50 refer to Ibuprofen “Vitamin I.” Wendy & Paul: Different athletic experiences & injuries My conversation with Gwendolyn Bounds , recorded live Friday, June 5, presents two complementary case studies in preventing, managing and recovering from athletic injuries after 50. In one corner, there’s Wendy, 54, a helluva Spartan racer , nationally ranked in her age group. But by her own description, before 2018, she was a certified non-athlete. As you’ll hear in our conversation, she made some significant newbie mistakes as she began tuning up her body and mind to compete in timed ass-kicking adventure races after leading a life in which the hardest sprint was usually to the elevator or train platform. She’s negotiated several significant injuries, none needing surgery, thankfully. In the other corner, there’s me, a 59-year-old lifelong, multisport athlete (soccer, squash, surfing, cycling, triathlon, tennis, track, wrestling and, yes, rollerblading when it was cool in the early 90s) and 40-year gym rat. The two decades I spent lifting heavy produced large muscles back in the day but also set in motion the consequences: a broken collarbone, a torn biceps tendon and 7 orthopedic surgeries, the last four of which all occurred in the past 9 years—since turning 50. caveat athleta senior In summary, my advice is caveat athleta senior —\"let the older athlete beware.\" By all means, start or continu…","meta_description":"Whether you’re a lifelong athlete or a newbie gym rat, adventure racer or alternative exercise aficionado, how we think about, prevent and deal with injur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3152,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aging-with-strength-7179340/episodes/avoiding-and-recovering-from-athletic-injuries-strategies-tips-stories-from-the-trenches/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340/avoiding-and-recovering-from-athletic-injuries-strategies-tips-stories-from-the-trenches.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}