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Form is a specific way of performing a movement, often a strength training exercise, to avoid injury, prevent cheating and increase strength.

Contents 1 'Proper form' 1.1 Avoiding injury 1.2 Maximize benefit 2 External links

[edit] 'Proper form'

Exercises or drills in sport have a recognized way of performing the movements that have two purposes:

[edit] Avoiding injury

By using proper or 'good' form, the risk of injury is lowered. A lack of proper form commonly results in injury or a lack of effect from the exercise being performed

[edit] Maximize benefit

Good form ensures that the movement only uses the main muscles, and avoids recruiting secondary muscles. As a muscle fatigues, the body attempts to compensate by recruiting other muscle groups and transferring force generation to non-fatigued units. This reduces the benefits in strength or size gain experienced by the muscles as they are not worked to failure.

[edit] External links

• http://bodybuilding.about.com/od/injurypreventiontreatment/tp/trainingsafe.htm

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