You can train a muscle, and it will grow.
You can specifically target a muscle group with exercises, and it will grow bigger and stronger.
It will become more resistant to injury.
You will help your body to fight muscle tears.
Your body will fare better in accidents.
You will be thicker and stronger in your muscle areas are a result of your weight training, bottom line.
The joints and tendons of body, however, do not work in this manner.
They are fixed objects which, although than can be reinforced with consistently intelligent dieting and supplementation, do NOT grow as a result of weight training.
Unless you're running growth hormone every week, you are enduring a very slow yet inevitable wearing away of joint tissue and cartilage.
And weight training is not very good at all for these parts of your body.
You can reduce the injury they face in several ways.
Some injuries to them are going to be inevitable.
If you live to be 100 years old, you are going to face joints wearing out and failing on you.
It's part of aging, whether you eat superbly and train religiously, or sit on the couch eating potato chips watching Dancing With The Stars your entire life.
It's going to happen.
But you can postpone their inevitable failure through intelligent rest 7 training.
Start by assigning an annual break from weight training for at least two weeks.
If you love the gym so much that this is difficult, then schedule this break around a skiing trip or cruise, something in which you'll remain healthy and active.
See a chiropractor if you suffer from any small tweaks and other weak body areas which can, over time, become much worse.
An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of regret down the road when you're having shoulder joint replacement surgery.
Don't go heavy all the time in the gym.
Remember, you are trying to build your muscles, and not your ego.
Unless you're a powerlifter using your lifts to put meals on the table, then there is no reason to max out on bench press or squats.
And speaking of squats - stop at parallel.
We know, the training books recommend "@SS to grass squats" for maximum muscle growth.
But the moment you break parallel, the weight is shifted from your thigh muscles (being targeted) to your joints.
Finally, train consistently.
Build up the muscles around the tendons so that they are able to move as much of the weight as possible.
Stay steady in the gym, take breaks, and with a little luck, you'll enjoy solid joint & tendon health!
You can specifically target a muscle group with exercises, and it will grow bigger and stronger.
It will become more resistant to injury.
You will help your body to fight muscle tears.
Your body will fare better in accidents.
You will be thicker and stronger in your muscle areas are a result of your weight training, bottom line.
The joints and tendons of body, however, do not work in this manner.
They are fixed objects which, although than can be reinforced with consistently intelligent dieting and supplementation, do NOT grow as a result of weight training.
Unless you're running growth hormone every week, you are enduring a very slow yet inevitable wearing away of joint tissue and cartilage.
And weight training is not very good at all for these parts of your body.
You can reduce the injury they face in several ways.
Some injuries to them are going to be inevitable.
If you live to be 100 years old, you are going to face joints wearing out and failing on you.
It's part of aging, whether you eat superbly and train religiously, or sit on the couch eating potato chips watching Dancing With The Stars your entire life.
It's going to happen.
But you can postpone their inevitable failure through intelligent rest 7 training.
Start by assigning an annual break from weight training for at least two weeks.
If you love the gym so much that this is difficult, then schedule this break around a skiing trip or cruise, something in which you'll remain healthy and active.
See a chiropractor if you suffer from any small tweaks and other weak body areas which can, over time, become much worse.
An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of regret down the road when you're having shoulder joint replacement surgery.
Don't go heavy all the time in the gym.
Remember, you are trying to build your muscles, and not your ego.
Unless you're a powerlifter using your lifts to put meals on the table, then there is no reason to max out on bench press or squats.
And speaking of squats - stop at parallel.
We know, the training books recommend "@SS to grass squats" for maximum muscle growth.
But the moment you break parallel, the weight is shifted from your thigh muscles (being targeted) to your joints.
Finally, train consistently.
Build up the muscles around the tendons so that they are able to move as much of the weight as possible.
Stay steady in the gym, take breaks, and with a little luck, you'll enjoy solid joint & tendon health!