Fitness
The 10 exercise mistakes we all make and how to avoid them
If you are prone to more than your fair share of fitness injuries, it could be down to simple mistakes you are making when you exercise. “Sometimes we just need to evaluate what we are doing in terms of workouts, reset a little and ignore what others might think,” says Dalton Wong, the personal trainer and founder of TwentyTwo Training.
Setting yourself unrealistic goals “because you don’t want to appear unfit is a sure step towards fatigue and niggles”, he says — as is attempting to impress others. A recent analysis of more than half a million injuries presented to surgeons in the US highlighted “ego-lifting” in the weights room to be a contributory factor to injury in gyms. Men in particular are apparently “often