Professional bodybuilders experience reduced joint pain with large muscles due to stability, but significant pain when tapering down.

“I've worked with a couple of former Mr olympias that's the top professional level of bodybuilding they put a lot of mileage on their joints they don't really get joint pain when they're competing because the muscles are so big so bulky they have enormous wrench handle moment arms and the stiffness holds the joints together when we work with them tapering down back to civilian life some of them don't look that different than you and me believe it or not what they look like in their former glory they ache like hell all their joints have these shearing translations to them now”