Muscles Grow Fast. Tendons Don’t — And That’s Where the Real Injuries Start.

In today’s episode, we break down the real reason so many athletes — from the NFL to pickleball — are tearing tendons, blowing ACLs, and suffering non-contact injuries at the highest rates ever recorded. It’s not bad luck. It’s not age. It’s not overtraining. It’s tendon hysteresis — the silent gap between muscle strength and tendon integrity that the fitness industry never talks about. As muscles get stronger faster than tendons can remodel, the nervous system loses clarity, force gets redirected, and tissues fail under speed. We explore: Why tendons adapt 5–10x slower than muscle How misalignment and chaotic loading increase injury risk Why pickleball has become a tendon-injury epidemic The rising trend of non-contact injuries in the NFL, NBA, and soccer Why women experience higher soft-tissue injury rates And how alignment-based isometrics reverse hysteresis and rebuild durability If you want to understand why pain sticks, why athletes break down, and why most training models miss the real target — this episode will change the way you think about strength.