Weight lifting is an excellent method for bodybuilding and gaining muscle. Done incorrectly, though, lifting weights can lead to injury, soreness and lack of motivation due to the pain and discomfort associated with it. There are some simple tricks to safe weight lifting that we’ll discuss in this report.
Warm Up Before Lifting Weights
When you begin a workout, your muscles are cold and stiff. Jumping right in to begin your routine and picking up dumbbells or barbells to swing around can be dangerous. Instead, go through a light warm up session.
For a few minutes, run on the treadmill or get on the exercise bike. Let your blood circulation get brisker, your heart rate increasing gradually, and your muscles growing flexible and supple. As you warm up, you’ll notice that your muscles are getting ready for weight lifting.
Some bodybuilding beginners think it is a waste of time to do these warm up exercises. Well, imagine yourself laid up in bed with a strain related injury because you started lifting weights without first preparing your muscles. That would be a real waste of time – and quite a long time at that!
Don’t Cheat Yourself
Your exercise routine is designed to help you build muscle. Weight lifting is effective in gaining muscle only when it is done correctly. While it is alright to modify the exercises when you are injured or hurting, you cannot take shortcuts and perform the workout itself incorrectly just to avoid the pain or discomfort of weight lifting.
By doing it in an inappropriate or improper fashion, you are not gaining any of the benefits from lifting weights. On the other hand, even wrong exercises carry some risk or danger of injury. So you are actually inviting harm without getting any advantages. So don’t cheat yourself in the performance of your workout routines.
Be Careful To Avoid Injury
If you exercise with reasonable care, there is little danger of getting hurt. Most of the weight lifting injuries arise because of either doing the exercises wrong, or not taking due precautions. When you rush into the routine without first warming up, you are likely to damage your muscles. And when you carry out the lifts incorrectly, you are at danger of spraining or tearing muscles.
Correct weight lifting exercises cause a certain amount of pain or discomfort. If you do not feel uncomfortable at all, it probably means you’re doing something wrong – or not pushing yourself to the point where the workout will help you build muscles quickly.
Yet some bodybuilders believe that you should feel the pain, but carry on with your weight lifting beyond that. It’s a misguided theory which can lead to severe and crippling damage. So if you feel real pain while exercising, stop immediately and get a medical opinion. Persisting through the pain might worsen the injury and force you to take a long break from weight lifting.
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