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"Mistakes Made at the Gym: Common Mistakes in Fitness Training and How to Avoid It."

"The Risks of Incorrect Techniques and What to Do to Learn the Right Techniques"

By lunapieraPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Fitness is very important for maintaining a healthy life and maintaining physical form. However, some mistakes made in the gym can have serious health and performance consequences. Here are some tips on common mistakes made at the gym and how to avoid them:

Extreme Intensity: Intense workouts can be detrimental in the long run, even though they may produce results in the short term. Extremely intense workouts can cause muscle injuries, extreme fatigue, and even heart attack. Ideal is a regular, slow paced workout. Training that lasts 30-45 minutes 3-4 days a week is ideal.

Wrong Technique: It is very important to use the right techniques in the gym. Incorrect techniques can cause muscle injuries and even lead to chronic pain. In order to do each exercise correctly, help from trainers should be sought.

Insufficient Warm-Up and Cool-down: Warm-up and cool-down are important to prepare and relax the muscles. Insufficient warming can cause muscle injuries, while insufficient cooling can cause muscle cramps and pain. That's why it's important to warm up for 10-15 minutes before each workout and cool down for 5-10 minutes post-workout.

Extreme Cardio Exercises: Cardio exercises are important for heart health. However, excessive cardio workouts can cause muscle loss and even a heart attack. The ideal is to do cardio exercises 2-3 days a week, lasting 30-45 minutes.

Inadequate Nutrition: Exercises in the gym increase the body's energy needs. Malnutrition reduces performance and can even cause muscle loss. Adequate protein, carbohydrates and fat should be taken before going to the gym. In addition, sufficient water and nutrients should be taken to re-feed the body after training. Exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are important, but using the wrong techniques while exercising can be harmful. Here are a few examples of incorrect techniques practiced in the gym:

Lifting excessive weights: Lifting weights is an effective way to strengthen muscles, but lifting excessive weights can cause muscle injuries. Also, trying to lift weights that you can't carry your body can cause muscle strain and injury. Always start with the weights you can lift and increase the weight over time.

Exercising in the wrong form: Exercising in the wrong form can cause muscle injuries and chronic pain. Also, exercising with the wrong form can prevent effective work in the targeted areas of the muscles. Before starting any exercise, work with a trainer to learn proper form and make sure you do the exercises correctly.

Insufficient warm-up and cool-down: Before exercising in the gym, it is important to warm up the muscles and cool the muscles after exercise. This increases the flexibility and performance of the muscles while reducing the risk of injury. Also, cool-down movements can reduce post-exercise muscle soreness.

Not paying attention to the number of repetitions: It is important to pay attention to the number of repetitions in exercises. Most exercises require a certain number of repetitions and sets. However, exercising without paying attention to the number of repetitions may not work the muscles enough and as a result, the targeted muscle development cannot be achieved.

Doing the same exercises over and over: Doing the same exercises over and over can cause the muscles to get used to it and ultimately stop muscle growth. Also, doing the same exercises can overwork certain muscle groups and increase the risk of injury. Try different exercises and target different muscle groups.

The examples above are just a few of the wrong techniques that can be practiced in the gym. When exercising in the gym, take care to use the right techniques

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