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Safety Precautions When Doing Weight Training

Safety is key to productive and beneficial weight training. Lifting before your body is capable of handling the weight can definitely put you at risk for a serious injury. Consider a few safety precautions before you start your weight training session and you'll more than likely experience better results.

  1. Don't Hold It or Lock It

    • Avoid holding your breath when lifting weights. Prevent feelings of dizziness and possibly fainting by utilizing proper breathing techniques during weight training. Also, avoid locking your joints, like your knees for example, when lifting weights. Since your joints are put under massive pressure when you keep them locked, you produce a level of stress on your body that can cause a serious injury to your joints if you're not careful.

    Lift With Care

    • Bally's Total Fitness advises you to remember, it's all about controlling the weights, so don't allow the weight to control, pull or strain you. Lift and lower the weights slowly to avoid the risk of injury, and never twist or bend your spine too much because it can cause lower back muscular issues. While weight training, stand up and keep your knees slightly bent to lower stress on your lower back. Controlling the weights with this information in mind advances the quality of your weight training session. It's also best to have a spotter who can guide your weight lifting form and help you avoid an injury to your body.

    Don't Overdo It

    • If you're lifting weights that have you straining and losing control, you're not really getting the benefits you would if you started off slowly and worked your way up. Your weight training session should consist of steady, controlled exercise for the muscles you're looking to develop. Also, if you haven't been in the gym for a while, take it easy before going straight to the heavy weights you used to be able to lift.

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