The worst setback to any fitness training programme is an injury. The average injury can last for several weeks and will dramatically decrease the fitness of your body during this period of time. Injuries appear to happen through no fault of our own at the most random of time. However there are very easy guidelines that if you can follow will decrease the chance of a injury occurring whilst participating in a fitness programme.

Warm Up

Warm ups are the best way to avoid injury and prepare your body for any physical exercise. The reason being is your muscles are not able to go from stand still to sprint and be expected to perform in a healthy manner. Your muscles need to be warmed up with a gentle jog for 15 minutes and another 15 minutes of stretching. Doing this will greatly decrease the likelihood of injury and will get you into a good mental state of mind to push your body physically in a fitness exercise.

Awareness of surroundings

If you are doing any outdoor activities as part of your fitness programme then you must always be aware of what’s around you. This particularly applies when taking part in sports, most common injuries are collision with other participants. You just need to be more aware to avoid these unwanted collisions.

Straining your muscles

Towards the end of an exercise session you will often feel that some of your muscles feel very sore. As this happens you need to decrease the intensity of your workout to avoid muscle injury. As you become fitter these muscles problem will become less frequent.