How to AVOID INJURY when LIFTING WEIGHTS! (Part 1)

Описание: Staying healthy is an essential part of progressing down the road of your lifting journey. If you are injured, it becomes really difficult to get better.

Part 2:    • How to AVOID INJURY when LIFTING WEIGHTS! ...  

So, getting hurt is something that you'll really want to avoid!
First, (:16) is "Doing stupid stuff". This could be a huge variety of things, from depth jumps off your house onto a bosu ball to challenging the biggest guy in the gym to an arm wrestling contest. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. Check my book for LEGIT exercises.
Second, (:45) is "Going too heavy". Most of the time, you'll want to use weights below 90%. Even most powerlifters tend to use fewer lifts in the 90%+ range. It's just inherently riskier.

Third, (1:37) is "Going to failure too often". You can go to failure on some exercises, sometimes, BUT you don't want to do this on squats, bench presses and deadlifts. It's just not really worth it. Better to keep some reps in reserve. Isolation and machines are safer and going to failure makes more sense.
Fourth (2:22) is "Doing too much volume". This will slowly wear you down and opens you up to chronic injury. Volume is important, but it's important to do the right amount for YOU. Too much will mess you up.
Fifth (3:33) is "Becoming Unbalanced". This could be a front to back imbalance like anterior pelvic tilt, but more often this is a left to right imbalance. This has a variety of causes, from deadlifting to running to jerking it. Olympic weightlifting, you pervert.

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