[philosopher]

Preventing an injury

- Warm Up: before the weights go 5-10 mins on the treadmill and get youre hardraid up. than go to the excersize you want and do 15-20 repetitions of the exercise and do it with light weights.

- Stretch: After warming up, you strech the muscles.

- Clothing/wraps: Don't use open shoes. if you do heavy squads or deathlifts use a weight belt and knee wraps to protect your knee and back joints. because of the external pressure it will prevent injuries and it will allow you to use heavier weights.

- good diet: A good diet will help you recover faster.

- spotter: always use a spotter if youre going heavy.

- un-natural exsersizes: Behind neck chin ups or pull downs, behind neck press or anything that puts unnecessary stress on your body should be eliminated.

- rest and recovery: Rest is very important in helping the soft tissues of the body recover from strenuous activity. Be sure to allow adequate recovery time between workouts or training sessions.

always keep in mind what you are doing, stay focussed. be carefull for youreself but also for others who are in the gym.

[pauly41]

seems like good solid advice, especially about the unatural exersizes...i've had some shoulder problems from parallel bar dips in the past so I've eliminated them...could you suggest some good replacement exercises for dips???
thanks man

[MaKaVeLi]

I think FORM is important to take note of while doing an excercise to ensure you aren't performing it wrong and running the risk of injury...

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by pauly41

seems like good solid advice, especially about the unatural exersizes...i've had some shoulder problems from parallel bar dips in the past so I've eliminated them...could you suggest some good replacement exercises for dips???
thanks man

for triceps you can do close grip bench. i actually have the same problem as you.

I agree with everything except for the stretching before you lift. when stretching before the contraction is not as powerful verses not stretching.

[deadman315x]

be careful