General Workout Rules

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• Make sure you breathe when lifting weights, don’t want to pop a blood vessel or anything.
• Warm up before and after a weight-lifting routine, don’t want to snap any ligaments.
• Always keep back in vertical upright position when lifting and lowering weights, don’t want to pop any discs in your spine.
• Always know the correct way to do any exercise, for example, some shoulder exercises, if done improperly, can snap out your shoulder joint.
• No erratic, snapping motions, for example, usually it is not necessary to completely, fully extend a joint, such as when doing curls at the elbow joint. If you want to fully extend a joint, do warm-ups first with that joint without weights first.
• Always know your limitations weight-wise.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Cardiovascular exercise should always complement weight lifting.
• Know the proper time to allow between sets.
• Eat right.
• Always maintain proper posture: back straight, upright, shoulders back, no slouching, and no leaning on your hand when you sit.
• Never add salt to foods, you get your needed salt from the foods themselves.
• Be cautious whenever using any kind of over-the-counter supplement.