How To Tell If An Exercise Is Bad For You

How To Tell If An Exercise Is Bad For You

How To Tell If An Exercise Is Bad For You

John Spencer Ellis (Author, TV Show Host, Trainer and CEO, National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association) gives expert video advice on: How can I tell if an exercise is bad for me?

How can I tell if an exercise is bad for me?

If it doesn't feel good and you're getting a bad response from your body, don't keep doing it because you think it's going to make you more fit. Ultimately, it will lead to the demise of your fitness program. You have to, again, ask your body, "Is this good for me? How do you feel about this?" Not just, "Am I winded? Am I sore?" That's not a good indicator. "Am I feeling it the way I should feel it? Is my body responding in a favourable way? Am I able to recover in the appropriate amount of time? Do I hurt in a joint rather than symmetrically in my muscles, in the belly of the muscle, in the centre?" Things like that. Those are the things you need to ask yourself.