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amasterblaster t1_itl6laq wrote

you are interested in "tendonosis"

Short answer, both. There are great training programs for tendons. In short, tendons grow in response to:

1 - Heavy Weight (growth signal)

2 - blood flow (non trivial as they do not have natural bloodflow!)

And are worn down by any lack of 1/2. So many athletes engage in chronic, low weight, loading, and do not encourage enough habitual circulation. This wears down the tissue until it is brittle enough to snap. This process is called tendonosis (NOT tendenitis).

The cure is actually 1+2. Let me explain. One needs a tendon specific routine, lets use the wrist:

  1. You would lift something REALLY HEAVY for maybe 3-8 seconds in the morning (after warming up). You might do 3-5 repetitions. You are not training muscles, you are just loading weight on the tendons.

  2. You then, 10-15 times a day, do EXTREMELY LIGHT exercise (like wrist curls), that put almost ZERO strain on the tendon. Your goal here is to promote circulation,

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