Your health is your wealth, injuries can happen at any time, but there are ways to prevent seriously hurting yourself. Before you go to the gym, you will know what your body feels like and when it tells you something isn’t right, you shouldn’t fight it. You have to work with your body so your body will work with you. For starters, take some time to warm up and stretch your muscles, make them feel loose before putting them to work.
After your warm up, you should slowly build your way up with lower weights before testing your body with heavy weight and low reps. This will activate your muscles, so when they feel the lower weight is too light, that is when you increase the weight to something heavier as long as it’s manageable. Regardless if the weight is too light, too heavy or in the middle, your body will feel a level of tightness where they tell you to take a break in between sets.
When using fitness equipment such as the squat rack or the bench press, it is safe and helpful if you have a spotter to assist you and watch over your workout. The spotter's job is to ensure that you are able to lift the weight you choose without injuring yourself. If you happen to fail the rep you’re on, the spotter will lift the weight for you to avoid the weight from dropping on you or from falling down resulting in possible injury.
Safety First!
