Let’s talk form for a moment. Form matters!!! And I don’t just mean because if you don’t have correct for you are not working out what you think you are or as effectively as you think you are. When you do not use correct form when you are working out you can seriously hurt yourself. I was reminded of this yesterday when my husband and I were at the gym. I have been cleared to get back to lifting (yay!!) so we went and while we were there a trainer came in just checking on everyone and she made mention that since someone broke their leg they have to make more frequent rounds. My husband and I and another couple started talking to the trainer trying to figure out what was going on and who it was and as soon as she described the guy I knew who it was. You see, this guy is a big ego lifter. Meaning he lifts heavy so he can say he lifts heavy but his form is shotty. For instance, he will put an insane amount of weight on a bar to bench press but he will only lower it not even half way. Well, that particular day that he broke his leg he was doing squats. Yeah, you can guess what happened, I am sure. Let me preface here and say that the last time that my husband and I were at the gym before my surgery this guy was doing squats and he was putting crazy heavy weight on there but he was squatting really shallow and his knees were kind of going in. My husband made the comment, “he’s going to hurt himself.” This guy always worked out with his wife but she was about the same and, really, if anything happened with as much weight as he put on there, there was nothing that she was going to be able to do. Back to the accident. He was apparently squatting and he put 585 pounds on the bar, went to squat, and his femur snapped. Ouch! They said it was lucky that he put the guards there to catch the bar if it is dropped because otherwise he could have been killed.

So why do I say all of this again? FORM MATTERS!! Don’t worry so much about what people think about you and/or how much you can lift, perfect your form and from there you will not only be able to lift much heavier weight, you will be able to lift it properly and, most importantly, safely.

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