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How To Prevent Injuries During Training 

Injuries, no matter how small can hamper your progress in the gym. A little niggle in your shoulder or a muscle strain can prevent you from training at full intensity, or even training at all.

All of us get an injury at some point, but knowing how to prevent them, or the best to way recover from them will make sure we spend the least amount of time out of the gym as possible.

Most Common Bodybuilding Injuries
The most common types of injury for bod

ybuilders are simple strains or pulled muscles. These occur when your muscle is suddenly stretched in a position that it shouldn’t be stretched in. these can also occur from overuse of a muscle when fatigued.

More problematic than a muscle strain is a muscle tear. These can occur if a muscle is not warmed up properly before commencing heavy weight lifting. A muscle tear can prevent training for man month so it is vital you warm up properly before exercise.

Muscle tears or strains usually o

ccur instantaneously i.e. you know straight away that you have done something wrong. If you feel a dull pain (commonly in the lower back) even when you are not training you may be performing exercise incorrectly. In this case stop exercise for a week and if the pain subsides you will need to change your technique. 

Recovery
The only way to let a muscle recover is to give it rest. This means no weight training until the pain is totally gone. If you train through the pain you will only prolong

the length of the injury until it forces you to stop.

Prevention
There are two easy ways to prevent most injuries. Firstly make sure you stretch and warm up fully before lifting any heavy weights. Secondly make sure you use proper form in all your exercises.