Injury Prevention: Leading Fitness Trainer Reveals Top 3 Tips

Injury Prevention: Leading Fitness Trainer Reveals Top 3 Tips

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Injury Prevention: Top 3 Tips for Staying Injury Free While Working Out

As we age, injury prevention becomes a primary concern for competitive athletes and weekend warriors alike. In fact, almost anyone who gets out and exercises on a regular basis will eventually develop aches, pains, or more serious sports injuries at one time or another. This article will focus on injury prevention and outline the top three tips that personal fitness trainer Scott Yonehiro shares with his clients to keep them fit and injury free.
1.Dynamic Stretching (Before workout) – Before each workout it is important to perform a series of stretching movements that allow the body to travel through its full range of motion. Perform several repetitions of movements that open up, move, and stretch out the body and be sure to concentrate on these key areas:
•Core muscles – abdominals, back, hips and the muscles that run into your pelvic floor. No matter what body part you plan to train, these muscles will be actively engaged for the duration. This area is critical when it comes to overall injury prevention and becomes particularly important for protecting your back.
•Arms – Biceps, triceps, forearms and wrists.
•Legs – Quadriceps, hamstrings, calves and ankles.
•Shoulders – including the rotator cuffs.
Continue the dynamic stretching for approximately 10 minutes until you have worked up a slight sweat and feel warmed up.
2.Proper Form (During workout) – When working out it is critical to practice proper form in executing the movements. Each workout move, exercise and lift should be performed with proper posture and range of motion. The easiest way to learn this form is to have a knowledgeable trainer show you or follow the video examples on our site at BallisticBodyFitness.com.

3.Static Stretching (After workout) - At the end of each workout it is important to take a stretching pose and hold it for 30 to 60 seconds. Scott’s general rule of thumb for clients is: if you are 30 or younger hold each pose for 30 seconds. If you are over 30 hold each pose for 30 seconds to one minute.

Injury prevention is as simple as 1-2-3; dynamic stretching before the workout, proper form during, and static stretching after. Keep it simple, remember the steps, and enjoy your injury free workout.

About the Author:
Scott Yonehiro, a Los Angeles based private fitness trainer and the creator of Ballistic Body Fitness was Born and raised on the island of Oahu in Hawai'i. Scott was fortunate enough to have access to a renowned strength and boxing gym that his uncle owned where he begin his journey into fitness and understanding the human body and all of it's potential.

Learn methods to lose 8 to 15 pounds in 10 days with a free copy of Scott's working persons detox and weight loss jump start plan at: www.ballisticbodyfitness.com



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