Weight Training Injuries

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Weight Training Injuries

Poor Equipment

Many weight-training injuries take place due to incorrect or unsuitable machines. The machines produced by the major manufacturers (Nautilus, Polaris, Universal) have the benefit of being designed by kinesiologists. (Kinesiology is the study of how the body moves.) You can't just slap a few iron bars together and call it a leg press. It must respect the biomechanical movement of the legs. Many of the machines don't take this factor into account. A problem with makeshift machines is their construction. They construct it for the average person. An average person will use a few hundred pounds on a leg press for muscle build. An intermediate or advanced bodybuilder will pile on 500 to 1000 pounds. This heavy weight is not taken into account when the apparatus is welded together. The bottom line is, be wary of homemade exercise equipment. If unsure of its safety, avoid it to avoid weight-training injuries.

Homemade equipment does not have a monopoly on poor design and weight training injuries. Many of the older machines (1950s and 1960s era) were designed when sports kinesiology was in its infancy. The older versions of the Universal leg press are a good example. Many bodybuilders find these machines put severe stress on the knee region. Don't misinterpret us. Many great sets of thighs were built on these machines, but at the same time users frequently developed knee problems. Another problem with older machines is that they were designed with an average size person in mind. They don't accommodate larger or smaller bodybuilders, and likely to cause weight training injuries to them.

Muscle Imbalance

Unfortunately many bodybuilders focus only on the most visible muscles (i.e. the chest and biceps). In doing so they neglect other such important muscles as the back and triceps that could lead to weight training injuries. Besides the obvious outcome of distorted proportions, the more serious condition of a muscle imbalance is set up during muscle build workouts. As we explained earlier, the body's muscles don't work individually, but in groups. Focusing on a select few produces dangerous imbalances. By concentrating too much on the chest, the back muscles (which are used to stabilize the body during various chest movements) become the weak link. The same situation applies to the biceps-triceps complex. Neglecting one or the other will only lead to problems down the road by causing weight training injuries.

Reaction to Bio-chemicals

Many bodybuilders experience chronic joint pain acquired as weight training injuries. Some cartilage injuries heal quickly while others do not. When deterioration reaches the point that full recovery never takes place, osteoarthritis sets in. A number of theories have been put forward to explain why the condition develops in some, but not in others. Three of the most studied are: reaction to industrial pollutants, food allergies, and high blood acidic revels. Because the body does not easily remove these toxins many people develop severe reactions in the form of weight training injuries, which manifest itself as arthritis

Poor Nutrition

Most people are unaware that poor nutrition can lead to weight training injuries. Hundreds of years ago sailors developed a disease called scurvy, which was characterized by a degeneration of the bones. This was due to poor nutrition.