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Safety & Positive Attitudes

Sports equipment you wear while participating in sports and other activities are essential to staying safe. Some items to include depending on the sport you are engaging in are listed below.

  • Helmets
  • Eye protection
  • Mouthguards
  • Wrist, knee, and elbow guards
  • Pads
  • Protective cup
Other activities have specific safety requirements. This week we will be focusing on weight lifting. It is vitally important to use proper form and technique when lifting weights.

Safety Equipment

Body weight exercisesPeople can also use resistance bands and even their own body weight (as in pushups, sit-ups, or body weight squats) for strength training. There are multiple websites with bodyweight exercises available for free

Weight Machinesweight machines typically are designed to help you isolate and work on a specific muscle.

Strength training is a vital part of a balanced exercise routine that includes aerobic activity and flexibility exercises. When you strength train with weights, you're using your muscles to work against the extra pounds. Using your muscles in this manner is called resistance training. This type of exercise strengthens and increases the amount of muscle mass in your body by making your muscles work harder than they're used to. There is a variety of ways to do strength training. One of the most popular ways is to work out with weights.

Free Weightsis isolating muscles to build strength including barbells, dumbbells, and hand weights. Free weights usually work a group of muscles at the same time

Strength Training

Have you ever wondered whether free weights or machines are better? Watch the video to the left to learn more information!

Free Weights Vs. Machines

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Learn proper technique from a teacher or coach. Ask someone how to properly perform the exercise

Education

Make sure someone is around to spot you when lifting heavier weights

Spotter

Warm up for 5-10 minutes before each session. Cool down for 5-10 minutes after each session, stretching the muscles you worked out.

Warm up & Cool down

Work out with weights about three times a week. Avoid weight training on back-to-back days.

3 Days a week

Start with body weight exercises for a few weeks (such as sit-ups, pushups, and pull-ups) before using weights.

Start Slow

Basic Rules For Strength training

Some things to keep in mind to ensure you are making a healthy start before you being your new fitness program:- Start Slow!Any time you start a new sport or activity, start out slowly so that your body gets used to the increase in activity. Even if you think you're not exerting yourself very much, if you've never lifted weights before, your muscles may be sore after. -Listen and Learn Before you begin any type of strength training routine, get some guidance and expert advice from a teacher or coach first. They can give you advice on how many times a week you should do the activity and ways to do the different movements safely.

Safety First

Having a postitive attitude is half of starting an exercise routine. If you hate the activity/exercise you are doing, you're not going to want to continue it. Finding exercises you enjoy is absolutely necessary. The article linked below is mildly entertaining and helps explain why enjoying the exercise your doing is so important!

Positive mental attitude

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and complete your assignments

Now go out and exercise

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