3 Basic Tips

Now these are all super basic tips that every person/trainer should know but all the time at the gym I see people doing it wrong and it killlls me.

Here are three strength training safety tips:

1. When doing leg exercises, always keep your knees in alignment with your toes.
(Example: When doing squats, lunge variations, leg press etc...)

2. When using the barbell, always place your hands the same distance from the center of the bar.
(Example: Benching, rows etc...?

3. Never twist or bend your spine excessively; this can cause lower back problems. This one is REALLY important.
(Example: DEADlifts, back extensions, russian twists, good mornings, etc..)

Almost every exercises/program is safe, but you have to focus on form first. Benching 400lbs is pointless if you have bad form and rip up your rotator cuff. Deadlifting is great with good form,and with bad form you can give yourself a hernia.
Form is key