In any sport there is always a risk of getting injured, however there
are several things you can do to reduce the likelihood of an injury:
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1: Always warm up properly before training any strength sport.
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Dynamic stretches are a good way to warm up your muscles before lifting.
Powerlifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0WUFHKuguY
Weightlifting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF5LLh7kmfk
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2: Stretching and Rolling.
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3: Be careful of over-training, or training too hard!
While it is tempting to lift heavy all the time, making sure our muscles are getting the recovery time they need is vital to preventing injuries. A good way to make sure you’re
not over-training is by following a program - take a look here for our recommendations.
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4) Finally, sleep and nutrition are key in both improving your lifting and avoiding injuries!
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As with any exercise, the more lifting you do, the more food and sleep your body needs. There is plenty of information around this online, or you can have a chat with our resident expert, Alex Jackson.
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Find more info on preventing injury here
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In any sport there is always a risk of getting injured, however there
are several things you can do to reduce the likelihood of an injury:
​
1: Always warm up properly before training any strength sport.
​
Dynamic stretches are a good way to warm up your muscles before lifting.
Powerlifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0WUFHKuguY
Weightlifting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF5LLh7kmfk
​
2: Stretching and Rolling.
​
​
3: Be careful of over-training, or training too hard!
While it is tempting to lift heavy all the time, making sure our muscles are getting the recovery time they need is vital to preventing injuries. A good way to make sure you’re
not over-training is by following a program - take a look here for our recommendations.
​
4) Finally, sleep and nutrition are key in both improving your lifting and avoiding injuries!
​
As with any exercise, the more lifting you do, the more food and sleep your body needs. There is plenty of information around this online, or you can have a chat with our resident expert, Alex Jackson.
​
Find more info on preventing injury here
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OTHER STRENGTH SPORTS
A Message From Our gENERAL sTRENGTH Captain
At Warwick Barbell we aren’t all just powerlifters and weightlifters, we welcome a wide range of people from complete beginners to the gym to strongmen, we have support available for anything. Our members and especially exec are always willing to offer general gym advice on anything from lifting technique, to programming, to nutrition. Because we have such a variety of strength disciplines within the club, even if we cannot answer the question ourselves, we can confidently point you to someone who can.
As part of our ‘alternative’ strength sports we have run strongman taster sessions, where our members took part in a class lead by a national level strongwoman at a local gym. Furthermore, we have multiple members who have competed in strongman in the past, some competing at a national level in drug tested competitions.
Another strength of the club is our interest in unorthodox, older lifts such as Zercher squats and Jefferson deadlifts. These lifts when performed properly (such as at our coached odd-lift training sessions!) offer a range of benefits to both athletes and regular gym goers. In short, at Warwick Barbell we love people going to the gym, as a result we are committed to accommodating as broad a range of interests within it as possible. We have a broad range of resources available to help people ourselves, and many connections to help direct people who have more detailed/niche questions and needs.
