How to avoid injuries while lifting?

vandaalen · 2018-05-19T15:15:16+00:00

Your are starting with an empty bar for fucks sake. How are you going to get seriously injured? Accidently poking it in your anus, rupturing an arterie, bleeding to death in the squatting rack?

Also who is "everbody"? Are you the type of person that is running around advertising his great deeds of the future? Quit that.

lacaguana · 2018-05-19T15:13:42+00:00

Look for some videos on how to do proper form on all your planned excercises and dont use more weight than you can handle while mantaining proper form

MTNSC1 · 2018-05-19T15:36:01+00:00

Don't go too heavy too fast.

Honestly, take about a month to learn controlling the various weights thru the range of motions with manageable weights before starting to stack huge amounts of weight on. Contracting\releasing the muscles are hugely important for most muscle groups as it learning mind\muscle connection to ensure that you are working the correct muscle with your exercise. For instance, it is very easy for many to miss working the chest with bench presses if they have overly strong shoulders....those dudes have to learn to activate the chest which is hard with very heavy weight at the start because you just want to get the weight off your body.

Also puts some special attention, early on, on strengthening the most vulnerable parts of the body.

Shoulders....all three heads....extremely important before starting to blast the chest and one of the most injured muscle groups.
Back....particularly lower....before hitting squats.

And one of the biggest obstacles to overcome for newbies is going 10x the first couple of times, then experiencing the pain\soreness of recovery which -leads many newbies to not thinking it is worth it even though that soreness goes away pretty fast with consistency and is replaced with the endorphin release which demands that you return back to the gym.

Ease into it....

Chainega · 2018-05-19T15:41:30+00:00

Focus on form, there are already tons of videos out there that teach you proper form for various exercises. Don't lift heavy ass shit yet since you are starting out. Once you have proper form you can slowly add more weight, preferably 5 pounds each day you workout. Take a time to warm up and stretch. Listen to your body: if something that shouldn't hurt starts hurting then STOP, it's better to walk away with an incomplete set than with a ticket to snap city. Always have a spot for when you lift heavy shit, especially in the barbell bench press, since it's the only exercise that could be fatal if done incorrectly. But don't worry, if you follow all these tips you shouldn't have much of a problem getting those gains.

mustang498 · 2018-05-19T15:43:16+00:00

Keep reading/watching guides on how to lift correctly, between your workouts. You won't have perfect form in your first few workouts and that's fine because the weight is so light you can't injure yourself anyway. Dedicate yourself to internalising all the pointers, eventually form will come naturally to you.

When I say all the pointers I mean ALL the pointers. For example, bracing your core while squatting will feel pointless when starting out, but as your squat approaches and goes beyond your bodyweight, bracing is essential. If you don't get in to the habit of bracing while the weight is light, it will be harder to do so when it gets heavy and actually matters. Similar logic applies to other cues.

MTNSC1 · 2018-05-19T15:35:56+00:00

Don't go too heavy too fast.

Honestly, take about a month to learn controlling the various weights thru the range of motions with manageable weights before starting to stack huge amounts of weight on.

Also puts some special attention, early on, on strengthening the most vulnerable parts of the body.

Shoulders....all three heads....extremely important before starting to blasting the chest.
Back....particularly lower....before hitting squats.

And one of the biggest obstacles to overcome for newbies is going 10x the first couple of times, then experiencing the pain\soreness of recovery which -leads many newbies to not thinking it is worth it even though that soreness goes away pretty fast with consistency and is replaced with the endorphin release which demands that you return back to the gym.

Ease into it....

Title	How to avoid injuries while lifting?
Author	RM_Slays
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Date	May 19, 2018 3:06 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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