3 Ways how to reduce the risk of injury and improve overall performance!
As your training progresses it’s important to be aware of how your body is responding to the increased load and demand. It’s worth highlighting that niggles and tightness are a natural part of training, and understanding it’s your bodies way of adapting to new training stimulus as you become stronger, fitter and healthier.
Top 3 ways to reduce injury and perform at your best
1. Training Preparation – Stretching, foam rolling and mobilising the body is the number 1 way to reduce the risk of injury. Arrive early to your session, give the body a quick roll and stretch so that way you can get more from your warm up session when your SGPT class begins.
2. Focus on frequency – When it comes to how often you should stretch and mobilise a good rule of thumb is treat it like brushing your teeth once a day is a great but twice a day is always better. Also as a general rule keep your stretching a bit lighter before a session (20 sec per stretch) with more emphasis on mobility (stretching and moving at the same time) this will keep the blood moving and the muscle activated for training. Deep stretching (1min per stretch) is always more beneficial post training as the muscle is already supple and will be more responsive to a longer deeper stretch.
3. Moving well, Moving often – Whatever your day looks like find a way to incorporate mobility and stretching into daily life. If your stuck in a desk all day – get up move and stretch often, if your busy at home running the household – Get on the ground stretch and roll for a bit, If you physically intensive lifestyle slow down and train flexibility as often as possible. Start now and enjoy a free moving healthy body.
Our World’s Greatest Stretch is a great all encompassing dynamic stretching routine that is great for any competency level.
Author Richie – Full time Coach