Common Mistakes In The Gym
May 9, 2009 by Kris Jones
Filed under Weight Lifting
Having the perfect workout program is near impossible, but we can improve our weight lifting by tying up some loose ends that can be found in most workouts. If you’re dedicated to improvement, be on the lookout for these common mistakes in your weight lifting routine.
Common Workout Mistakes
1. Not recording your workouts – We need to see improvement and we need to be able to set goals. If you don’t have your numbers in black and white, it’s hard to see progression and continue to push yourself.
2. Overworking yourself – You don’t need to push yourself every rep of every exercise. This will have you lagging by the last half of your workout.
3. Your ego gets in the way of your lifting – We’ve talked about this before. You can’t get through an exercise without breaking the proper range of motion or you’re constantly compromising your form. Proper form can’t be stressed enough. You need to build your base from a good foundation.
4. You don’t mix and match your workouts – This is where plateaus are made. By altering your sets, reps, exercises, weights, and time frames you can constantly keep your muscles guessing and therefore growing. This is a very simple explanation of one of the single most important aspect of advanced workouts.
5. You play to your strengths – It’s easy to want to do what you do best, but building better all around strength comes from attacking your weaknesses.
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