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You hear people talk about the importance of stretching and how it increases flexibility – but does it really? Find out more about what happens when you stretch and whether it actually makes your muscles more elastic.
What’s the thing you fear the most about weight training? How about getting an injury that keeps you from working out for a few weeks? In this article, we’ll look at the most common weight training injuries, where they occur and how to prevent them.
How you fuel up before an exercise can affect your performance. If you enter a workout in a glycogen-depleted state, you won’t be able to push yourself as hard – but what about your risk for injury? What role does diet play in lowering your risk for training injuries? Find out.
A strength-training injury can keep you out of the gym for weeks and cause you to lose the gains you’ve already made. Who wants that? This article discusses seven common causes of strength-training injuries and how to avoid them.
If there’s one exercise almost everyone includes in their resistance-training routine, it’s squats. Squats are one of the most effective exercises for increasing leaning body mass – if you do them correctly. Here are eight squat tips for getting the most out of squats and avoiding injury.
Are you taking a balanced approach to resistance training? If you enjoy working certain muscle groups there’s a tendency to focus on those and neglect others. That can lead to muscle imbalances and injury. Here are four muscle groups many people ignore and why you should give them more focus.
