BONUS – 3 Mistakes to Avoid
SWINGING & HURLING
When you were a kid, the hurling might follow some vigorous swinging but as for trying to make some gains, swinging a weight that’s too heavy up will do you more harm than good. You can tear or pull a muscle or injure yourself in other multiple ways. Ditch the ego and the heavy weight for a lighter one and watch your form. The latter is much more impressive and you won’t be “THAT guy” at the gym.
OVERTRAINING
We all know you’re driven to get those massive twin peaks to rival the Swiss Alps. Heck, we want you to get them too! But hitting them too often too soon will hinder its growth. If you over train a body part, it means you’re continually tearing the muscles without ample time to regenerate itself.You also increase the risk of the chance of injury. Without much needed recovery, you’re actually weakening your muscles, not strengthening them.
SPEED
Sometimes we may not notice that we’re cranking out our reps way too fast. This increases the possibility of using our body’s momentum to swing the weight (as mentioned above). It also causes
us to forget to contract our muscles at the top of the exercise and maintain the tension as we’re letting go. Both very important components of fully engaging the muscles involved and giving the exercise its full potential.
