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Bodybuilding is a great way to keep your body strong and healthy. Knowing the risks of each exercise and what sort of bodybuilding accidents can happen ensure you won't make the same mistakes as the people who have hurt themselves before you. Poor form, pushing too far beyond your limits and abuse of performance enhancing substances are the most common start to most bodybuilding accidents. Poor Form Many beginners jump into the sport without learning the all to important technique involved with each exercise. Different parts of our body are only meant to move one way and poor form makes it ten times easier to injure yourself. Examples include: bad posture (back must always be straight), failing to use back and wrist supports, not bending your knees while holding/supporting weights, etc. If you don't know how to do a movement, make sure you ask. Poor form gets harder to correct as time goes on, since we all know; habits are hard to break. Pushing Too Hard Aside from poor form, pushing too hard before you're ready is the leading cause of bodybuilding accidents. It will take 4-6 weeks of solid conditioning, before your body is ready to take on the challenges of weight training. In the first month your ligaments, tendons and joints all need to accommodate for the extra weight load that's being placed on them. Your muscles gain strength quickly, whereas ligaments and tendons need more time to adjust and repair. Abusing Performance Enhancers It goes without saying that anabolic steroids allow bodybuilders to push way beyond what's normal. Bodybuilding accidents result from such substances for the same reason as mentioned in the previous paragraph: Your muscles will repair quickly, but your connective joints and tissues need much more time to recuperate. Supplements are much safer, however you should always place reasonable limitations on yourself, so you don't push your training too far. Supplements like creatine, nitric oxide and other popular supplements allow you to push your body into the same level of performance that steroids will -- so it's important to give your body time to adjust. Learn more about bodybuilding accidents at our fitness tips website.
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