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A Kinesiologist’s Case for Why You Should Focus on ‘Bad Form’ in the Gym
Striving for perfection does more damage than you think.
I’ve got an important question for you. Does your gym routine reflect the life you live? While you may think it does, be really honest with yourself. Do your exercises truly recreate the challenges you put your body through daily? You may be surprised at how big the gap is between how you train your body and how you naturally move in the everyday.
As a trainer and kinesiologist, one of the biggest mistakes I see gym-goers make is being too black-and-white with training. People get obsessed with perfecting squat or deadlift form and they forget the benefits of functional exercise. They get wrapped up in perfect weekly splits, social media posts, or ideal alignment, and lose track of what their health and fitness needs are, or even how to listen to the body.
I’m here to remind you that there should always be a healthy dose of personalization, variety, and randomness in your training. While working to be strong or buff isn’t bad by any means, don’t lose sight of the incredible role that resistance training can play in fostering pain-free, functional living. The second you widen your scope of what this tool can look like, you’ll blow yourself away at just how high your strength and…
