Are training injuries sustained by SS authors "proof" that the method is imperfect?
Is injury just a "matter of time"?
First, I'd like to say hello, I'm a new forum member. Read SS and PP years ago, shelved my lifting career for a few years, and back it. Over this time, it became clear to me that SS is the way to go, and Rip's simplicity is not ignorance but closer to brilliance.
I tore my left pec about 8 years ago, on the 5th rep of the 5th set of bench press. Because the injury was rehabbed incorrectly (which I learned through Rip), there is scar tissue. I feel this injury has set a cascade of imbalances, most notably neck and shoulder (and specifically the back of that particular shoulder). I contemplate the question "do you want to have a pec injury and be weak, or have a pec injury and be strong?" and my answer is definitely, I want to be strong. So, I carry on.
But this leaves me with a fundamental question: Do these methods inevitably lead to injury? And if so, is that a flaw in the design?