Tendon health when gaining strength

[McPriimate]

Wondering is anyone has a particular approach to tendon health when gaining strength (noob gains, a cycle, what have you).

Since tendons can take anywhere from 2-4 times (roughly) as long to strengthen as muscles, pushing heavier weights puts them at risk until they catch up. Guessing that’s especially true for the first few years of serious training when you’re getting into strength levels you’ve never seen before - but I guess true for any cycle (although if you’ve been doing it a long time I’m also guessing your tendons are already at least mostly there and there’s not as big a lag).

Anyone have any approaches they use or used, or things they at least watched out for, when they were coming up?

McP


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[Big Puppy]

For starters, make sure you never take a flouroquinolone antibiotic while weight training. They ruin tendons within the first day. Black box warning for ruptured tendons.
Doesn't take much for a tendon to pop when on one.

Other than that, i think as long as you've been regularly training, and not like a newbie who shoots up the first day he hits the gym, you should be ok. Large gains in a short time are the problem. And stretching the muscle is critical. Putting tight muscles in an overly stretched situation can cause havoc.