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You are spot on in you assessment Bert, it seems that we haven't learned a thing from the lessons of history.

I spent nearly 20 years at the top of my craft, there were many in my profession who could rise there who chose to stay at a lesser level, the reason was responsibility and hard work. But by limiting their ability they automatically limited their responsibility, the same is true of all society. Do less with less effort???

Even though they instituted the worker progression policy my employer didn't demand that they achieve the top rating so that all of us were sharing the responsibility load, instead they leaned hard on those of us with the knowledge and skills to the point of burn out, while letting the rest languish at two or three grades lower, it cost them less per hour in wages. As a consequence they lost nearly all their top tier skill group, then they instituted a two tier pay structure, where new replacements could only get to two pay grades below our grandfathered rate, beginning at half the wage scale.

Company wide the resulting mediocrity caused much damage to equipment and loss of productivity, some of it resulted in catastrophic failure and loss of life, not to mention the backbiting and back stabbing that went on. Life at the job was a nightmare the last ten years there, I watched good dedicated employees go from self motivated hard workers to having to be told each step of the job plus having to be overseen each step of the way, they eventually quit.

The same goes for a government system where all get paid the same regardless of effort expended, soon the goods and services will be rationed just like welfare and medicare.

In the end I left in utter disgust, the company failed in less than five years and was taken over by a British firm which has further reduced employee benefits, yes I've been asked to return, they can KMA, I'll go to my grave with my skills before I give them away again.

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1. Using Bad Form and Technique

Too many people use bad form and technique when weight lifting, and it's a common reason for injury. People perform their reps at a fast speed using much more momentum than muscle power. People heave, swing, or bounce the weight instead of lifting it.

Bad form and technique often occurs when someone is using a weight that's too heavy to enable them to lift properly. Use a weight that challenges a person, but that's not so heavy that the form and technique obtain sloppy. Use muscle power, not momentum, to lift up the weight. Don't heave, swing, or bounce the bodyweight. Lift and lower the weight in a steady and controlled manner while focusing on feeling the muscle that you're working (this is known as the mind-muscle connection).

3. Not Warming Up

You need to take the time to properly warm up before lifting weights. Warming up will stimulate blood flow to your muscles, increase your joint flexibility and range of motion, and get you mentally prepared for the workout, all of which helps in avoiding injury. Warm up by doing a few minutes of light aerobic exercise and 1 or 2 light sets of each strength training exercise before using heavier weights.

3. Overtraining

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Training too often and never giving your muscles enough time to recover from training not only increases your risk of injury, it also causes muscle growth and strength increases in the future to a halt.

give consideration to. Not Listening to The body

When lifting weights, you need to work out with lots of intensity if you want to build muscle and increase strength. But if your exhausted and lacking energy prior to a particular weight lifting exercise, you may need to ease up on the intensity for the particular workout, or even consider no longer working out at all that day. Pushing yourself too hard when you're tired and lacking energy increases your own risk of injury.

5. Lack of Concentration

In case you are distracted, preoccupied or lackadaisical when weight lifting, especially when performing free weight exercises like barbell squats or dumbbell shoulder presses, if you're inviting injury.

6. Bad Nutrition

Weight training and proper nutrition go hand in hand. Proper nutrition provides you using the energy you need for your weight training workouts. Without having proper nutrition, you'll be in a depleted, weakened state, and your risk of injury increases. Proper nutrition is not just necessary to fuel your workouts, it's also necessary to assist you recover from your workouts.

As you can see, avoiding weight lifting injuries is not really difficult. Just follow these guidelines and your weight training workouts will be productive and injury totally free.

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