
A good number of fitness-minded people did it, rebelling against padded, shock-absorbing sneakers and donning minimalist ones instead.
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1. Going Crazy on Gymnastics Rings
Tune
into the Reebok CrossFit Games on ESPN in July, and you’re sure to get a
good dose of inspiration: absolutely jacked men and women firing off
rep after rep of incredible exercises.
But leave the dips and muscleups on gymnastic rings to the Games competitors. A recent report published by the
American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
suggested that, among gymnastic movements, rings routines are the
toughest on your shoulders. Dips, in particular, can easily put the
joint in a position that can tear your rotator cuff.
2. Kipping Pullups
Another
CrossFit staple that you should stay away from: kipping pullups. This
version of the pullup—where you flip your body like a hooked fish to
swing your chin over rings or a bar—allows you to log a ton of reps with
less effort. But most trainers agree that the kip involves a lot of
excessive movement in the legs and lower spine, and places unwanted
forces on the shoulders
3. Running Too Much
In
2012, 487,000 people completed marathons in the US. In 2013, it was
541,000. The 2014 numbers are still being tallied—but the number is
projected to rise. If this trend continues, 2015 will be a record year.
Marathon
training puts a ton of repeated pounding on your body, compromising
your hips, knees, and feet. A review of studies on the topic of running
injures published in the
British Journal of Sports Medicine determined that running has an injury rate anywhere from 20 to 79 percent.
4. Using a Pre-Determined Amount of Weight
Performing
a workout designed by an expert trainer is preferable to simply showing
up at the gym and winging it. But standardized workouts that list
precisely how much weight you should lift each rep are a recipe for
disaster.
Consider an
eminently avoidable workout, pulled from a popular fitness site. It has
lifters start by doing ten 135-pound deadlifts. Then, each set, you add
five reps and 40 to 50 pounds on the bar. Your final set consists of 35
reps of 365 pounds.
Oh, and there’s no rest and you have to do 15 box jumps between each set of deadlifts.