Improving your weightlifting posture
More strength makes it easier to get up those hills or into bed. Strength lets you work longer or harder with fewer complaints from out-of-shape muscles. It helps you feel better; it may even increase your resistance to disease.
Doing work with your muscles – moving them against resistance, weight, or a counter force – is generally how you build strength. For some people, just getting around in their average day is enough of a strength exercise. However, if weight lifting is your choice, how you lift weights is important. Lots of repetitions with a little weight builds muscle tone and endurance. Heavier weights and fewer repetitions result in bigger, stronger, more powerful muscles – but heavier weights also increase the chance of injury. Using a variety of exercises works many muscles while reducing the risk of overuse. If you’re a beginner, it’s important to get some ideas from a trainer or even your doctor if you’re not used to exercise. Taking a class in proper posture is the best way to ensure you understand what you’re doing.
When you’re lifting weights, make sure you’re stabilised, so that only the body parts you’re exercising are moving. That way you can really target the muscles you’re interested in, and you’ll be less apt to hurt yourself, fall, or tip your weight over. Also, since you use these same muscles every day for virtually everything you do, make sure you don’t overuse them with exercise. Strong muscles and blown out joints aren’t very useful. Pain and fatigue are good warning signs that you may be doing too much.
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