Well, bro, most people lifting weights ARE doing permanent damage right now. We may as well be sticking our thumbs in a dam
Too many 20 somethings going "I've been doing this for years and I've never gotten hurt", lol. YEARS. I started lifting weights when I was around 12 and already had put myself in jeapordy by the time I hit 19, 20. Other guys will go until they are 40 with no problem and they then have severe back problems but it will NOT be connected to anything they did in the weight room because people simply think that weight training injuries are always instantaneous "strains or sprains"...which is actually the smallest percentage of it.