Weight Training – How To Avoid Injuries
Improper weight training can cause injuries and not only hamper progress on your journey to build muscle and lost fat, it can also cause life long chronic conditions. Weight lifting is a great way to build strength and flexibility, and helps to prevent injuries. However, when you lift weights incorrectly it can lead to forces that exceed the strength of body, leading to muscles tears and joint problems.
Here are some weight training tips to help you avoid injuries.
1. The No Pain, No Gain Myth
A common saying in gyms around the world is “no pain, no gain”. In essence, it is true if you refer to pain as the discomfort experienced by fatigue. However, it is not true if the pain is sharp, stabbing, sudden or a painful ache. Weight training in a way that causes pain and uncomfortable fatigue is a sure fire way to serious injury.
2. Know Your Body
Everyone is different. People have different muscle structures, physical anomalies and historical injuries. This means that an exercise that is safe for someone is not necessarily safe for everyone. Knowing your physical limitations help you to avoid injury by choosing the right exercises that fit you body. It is often a good idea to consult a chiropractor to see if you have any postural problems such has a pelvic tit or scoliosis that could lead to difficulties in weight training.
3. Correct Form
It is important that you know the correct form of every exercise that you do and apply it strictly with every movement. If you don’t apply proper form, you will start to gain small muscle tears that will accumulate from session to session until you become seriously injured. It is also important that you lift the weight slowly. Bouncing or throwing the weight will not work the muscles you think you are and will put excessive force on to the joints and tendons. A good book to read on proper exercise technique for weight training is Build Muscle, Lose Fat and Look Great by Stuart McRobert.
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