Even the most fit people always have the potential to injure themselves at the gym by ignoring important things that you should incorporate into every workout. By incorporating a few small steps into your workout, you can easily prevent injury and over-training.
- Proper Warm-Up
- Doing a proper warm-up is probably the most important thing you can do when you go to the gym. This helps raise your core body temperature and improve the elasticity of your muscles to ease into your workout and prevent injury.
- Repeating Workouts Frequently
- By taking the same fitness classes or performing the same exercises every time you go to the gym can be harmful because you are over-training and over-utilizing the same muscles over and over again. Try to mix up what you are doing so you are using all parts of your body and different training methods.
- Digital Distractions
- Constantly looking down at your phone or apple watch at the gym causes you to pay less attention to what you should actually be doing, which could cause you to aimlessly injure yourself.
- Over-Training
- Try to make your workout regimen a well-rounded program that varies in intensities and types of exercise throughout the week. Taking part in high intensity training everyday of the week can cause more harm than good to your body.
- Being Prepared
- Determine what exercises are best for you and your goals, and show up to the gym with a plan. Wandering aimlessly not knowing what to do could cause you to perform an exercise that is not right for you and end in injury.
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