How high level athletes prevent their joints from deterioration with so much impact suffered everyday?

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Just watched some basketball and parkour videos and I was wondering how their bodies can handle it

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TLDR: they can’t.

Your body exists kind of in a bell curve. Too little exercise = your joints degrade. Too much = your joints wear out. The athletes you watched are in the top end of that bell curve. They have a limited window before they have to stop, because their bodies can’t do that forever.

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