Our second Past Your Prime comment section is here — where we take your comments from Spotify and YouTube and turn them into full conversations.

In this one, we cover everything from dietary fiber to what actually happens when tissues are injured, joint replacement training tips, and even the wild mechanics of reverse shoulder replacements. We also get into cramping, neuromas, and the connection between the foot and Achilles tendon.

Basically — if you drop a comment, we’ll talk about it.

What we hit in this episode:

• Fiber intake and Alex's bean strategy

• What “tissue damage” really means

• Training tips after knee, hip, and shoulder replacements

• Reverse shoulder replacement (and why it’s so different)

• Flexor digitorum brevis, neuromas, and cramping connections

• Why fast “fix knee pain” videos are clickbait (yep, we said it)

• Craig’s family vs. Alex’s family in the comment section battle

Keep the comments coming — we’ll keep breaking them down.

Most people think challenges like 75 Hard are just about willpower or discipline. At Past Your Prime, we see them differently: they’re a way to stress test your system—to find out if your daily habits, identity, and direction actually hold up under pressure.

In this episode, Alex and Craig break down:

• What really makes 75 Hard difficult (hint: not the workouts).

• How challenges reveal cracks in your system.

• The identity shifts that stick long after the challenge ends.

• Why 75 days is the sweet spot for habit change.

• The “keep, adjust, drop” lessons Craig took forward.

• How to build quarterly challenges with washout months that refine your system.

Challenges aren’t about checking a box. They’re about refining your system and proving who you want to be—one challenge at a time.

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Welcome to Past Your Prime – the podcast for active adults balancing training, rehab, family, and real life.

Each episode, hosts Craig Smith and Alex Keicher dive into real-world strategies for overcoming injuries, staying strong, and living pain-free—even when life gets chaotic.

💡 Learn more, access resources, and join our community:👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pastyourprime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow us on Instagram:

📲 Alex – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@spikerkeicher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📲 Craig – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@craigsmithPT⁠

Most people think once they’re pain free, the problem is solved. But pain free doesn’t mean inhibition free. Muscle inhibition—the silent limiter that keeps certain muscles from firing—can stall your progress, cause recurring flare-ups, and make workouts feel harder than they should.

In this episode of Past Your Prime, Craig and Alex break down:

• What muscle inhibition really is (and why it lingers after rehab)

• The difference between the rehab gap and the therapeutic gap

• Key signs that your muscles aren’t firing (tightness, cramps, plateaus)

• Why you can test strong on the table but fail under load

• Common muscles that shut off (glutes, quads, rotator cuff, foot stabilizers)

• How to build warmups that screen and fix inhibition before training

• Why “pain free ≠ firing on all cylinders”

If you’ve been doing the work but keep hitting the same wall, this episode shows you the hidden reason—and how to clear it.

💡 Takeaway: Use your warmup as a daily screen. Treat the joint, wake up the right muscle, clear trigger points, and test your key signs.

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Welcome to Past Your Prime – the podcast for active adults balancing training, rehab, family, and real life.

Each episode, hosts Craig Smith and Alex Keicher dive into real-world strategies for overcoming injuries, staying strong, and living pain-free—even when life gets chaotic.

💡 Learn more, access resources, and join our community:👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pastyourprime.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow us on Instagram:

📲 Alex – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@spikerkeicher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📲 Craig – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@craigsmithPT⁠