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My Wife Was Lifting More Than Me
After two years of shoulder pain, certain exercises had become almost impossible. It got to the point where his wife was using heavier weights than he was during shoulder workouts.
They laughed about it—but he knew something wasn’t right.
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My Experience With BPC-157 & TB-500 After Two Years of Shoulder Pain
“I had gotten so used to working around my shoulder that I didn’t realize how much it was affecting my workouts.”
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