Preventing Strength Training Injuries

Preventing strength training injuries should be one of the most important factors when considering a fitness program or when hiring a fitness trainer.

Sadly, most corporate gyms don't focus on injury prevention, and in the worst case scenario I have seen fitness trainers CAUSE injuries to clients while lifting weights.

The bottom line is that 90% of exercise methods don't focus on keeping clients safe from injury.

Why not? They just haven't been taught the simple steps for weight lifting safety.

That's where WE come in with this science based, results oriented, safe fitness training method.

The safe strength training method I use for my all of my clients is most widely known as high intensity training (HIT for short).

This is the safest and fastest way to build muscle that I've ever found in the fitness industry. Everything here on my site is dedicated to helping you stay safe and make fast progress to your goals.

How do you keep clients safe? What are the steps to prevent weight lifting injuries? It's a lot more simple than you would think! Let's talk about how to keep you safe during workouts!

Prevent Strength Training Injuries: Super Slow Speed

The number one cause of strength training injuries is from jerky, ballistic movements, basically from just moving too fast.

Moving too quickly during resistance training is harsh and harmful for the joints and can even cause the muscle to be ripped completely from the bone and connective tissue. What's the solution?

Slow down!

I encourage all of my clients to move at ten second pace for each movement with weights. This may seem excessively slow, but if you want to prevent injury, you're going to want to adapt a slow repetition pace.

This also makes the workout much more intense and we get faster results with heightened intensity. More safety AND faster muscle growth. It's truly a win/win.

Why don't more people adapt this safe strength training method while exercising?

Quite simply, it's much more difficult because it affects the muscles at a much higher degree. That's why most individuals using the super slow high intensity strength training method to work with a trainer to encourage clients and learn the safest method.

Preventing Strength Training Injuries: Proper Form

How else can we prevent strength training injuries? We learn proper form.

When we lift really heavy weights we have a tendency to use our neck or other muscles that could easily be injured or strained.

Every exercise has a recommended perfect positioning and usage of the hands, shoulders, feet, legs, and core. Learning these proper positions and instilling good form as a habit is VERY important.

The difference between learning good speed and form could be between:

A. Safe workouts and a learning curve to instill these practices

OR

B. Countless injuries that result in multiple joint surgeries

And that's exactly why this method was developed, to keep clients safe from injury while gaining the fastest increase in muscle mass and functional ability.

The good news is that we don't need to sacrifice any effectiveness to stay safe, in fact all of this is so efficient that we will be getting faster muscle growth in less than half the time most others spend doing resistance training.

All of my resources here are dedicated to keeping YOU safe while using strength training. 

Super Slow strength training is the most beneficial fitness method for long term health and longevity. 

Start now and keep improving your life!