Five Mistakes to Avoid at the Gym

Do you make these mistakes at the gym? From pet peeves to technical errors-do you make these mistakes at the gym?

Talking - You're at the gym, busting butt in the squat rack-really keen some weight. For some reason, some dude decides that he's going to come over and strike up a conversation. I hate this. I'd rather wipe up some jerk's sweat off of a bench than to be interrupted to talk about last nights game.

Case Rack

Don't get me wrong, I like to socialize as much as the next person. Just don't bug me while I'm in the middle of training. That's my time. Leave me be.

House cleaning - Your mom doesn't work at the gym. And if she does, she still doesn't want to clean up after you. When you're done, put the weights away. And for the love of Pete, wipe the sweat off of the bench. You might as well be leaving pee on the toilet seat. Don't even get me started on that subject!

No warm up/cool down - This isn't an etiquette thing. This is just flat out good advice. Before you start cranking out sets on the bench press, hop your butt up on a bike for 5 minutes to get the juices flowing.

When you're done doing curls for the girls, but before you head off to the locker room, do other five minutes on the bike or treadmill to cool down. This will help bring your heart rate back inline, and work the lactic acid out of your muscles.

Poor form - How many times have we seen that idiot doing a half-assed job in order to move more weight? Most recently I witnessed a guy doing cable triceps extensions. I could only shake my head. He was using the whole stack. Impressive, no?

This guy had The worst form I had ever seen. He wasn't extending all the way, his stance was awkward to say the least, and he was rocking to use momentum to complete the lift. He was getting small to no benefit for this effort. Not to mention the fact that he was occasion himself up to injury.

If you don't know how to do something, step away from that piece of equipment. Find somebody that can help you. You will keep yourself, and in some cases other citizen safe. There is also the added bonus of unmistakably accomplishing something positive, aside from an ego boost (and me not laughing at you).

Incorrect weight - In some ways this is associated to the last one. If you haven't seen this in person, go to YouTube and do a crusade for "gym bloopers". You are bound to find some genius on there trying to lift way more weight than they should ever dream of.

Do not be this dude. If you are going to push yourself, find a good spotter or two. This will help assure that you do not crush your windpipe or snap your spine. This goes the other way also. There is no theorize to do 20 reps with 5 lbs. Dumbbells by anybody.

Over doing it - You do not have to run on a treadmill like a hamster for 90 minutes. You do not need to work on your biceps for an hour. Training like this will (notice I didn't say "may") lead to over training.

Be sufficient with your workouts. Do what you have to do, and get out. A allowable weight training session shouldn't take more than 45 minutes. Using High Intensity Interval Training (Hiit), you can do your cardio in 20-25 minutes. That's it.

Look at that list. Now think to yourself-do you make these mistakes at the gym? To learn more and find out how to avoid these mistakes and also ask questions. Todd is always there to answer them for you.

Five Mistakes to Avoid at the Gym

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