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Friday, February 13, 2009

Safe Bodybuilding Tips For Every Trainee

By Colin Zane

Many bodybuilders love to live by the motto that there is no gain without any pain. The reality cannot be further from the truth. Our bodies always use pain as an indicator to tell us that something is wrong and needs to be fixed. As someone who wishes to become fitter and stronger through weights training, pain can only be embraced as an instrument in avoiding injuries and long term damage to our bodies.

If you want to get the best results from bodybuilding, pain is wrong and safety is right. Apart from sticking to safer workouts and sound training methods, there are also a few important details to take note of in order to have a lifelong ability to bodybuild. They are:

1. Use free weight exercises as they are the only true safe movements that your body was made for. Exercises done using machines are mostly dangerous in a subversive way and it does not help that most mainstream exercise literature promote them. Machines force your body to move in unnatural motion planes that lead to injuries, while free weights force your body to adapt to pressure using movements that it is familiar with.

2. The exercises that you should do must make use of as many muscle groups as possible. These will include movements such as deadlifts, bench presses, shoulder presses and squats. They are difficult to perform at the start, but practice the techniques using little or no weight until you have mastered them, before moving on to adding weight. You will develop a well balanced physique that will help avoid injuries in the long run.

3. While the majority of your workouts should comprise major exercises, be sure to include a few minor ones like hamstring curls. There is a place for them as the major movements do not hit all of the muscles in a body. Forgetting them might lead to overcompensation by other muscle groups.

4. Ensure that your body gets sufficient rest in between workouts. This must be done in tandem by having a sensible number of workouts per week, instead of training everyday. Having proper rest and nutrition is crucial to maximizing returns from bodybuilding, instead of doing too much.

5. Never go into a workout set with cold muscles. Perform a few warm up sets to get blood flowing to the muscles and keep them warm. This will also help your mind and body get in focus for the proper sets when the heavier weights are in place. Again, all this is done to avoid injuries that might result from ill preparation and a lack of concentration.

If you follow the safety tips above, there will be less risk of experiencing pain and unsafe bodybuilding workouts. This in turn translates to better gains and results that not everyone else might enjoy. Thus, the right maxim should be "no pain, most gain", and safe bodybuilding will bring you the most benefits. - 17269

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