Corrective exercise specialist Tatiana Lampa shares the most common moves that get botched at the gym.
Plus, how to fix each.
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Tatiana Lampas job title is corrective exercise specialist.
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Shes a professional when it comes to making sure dont injure yourself at the gym.
(And, of course, each one can be fixed with a quick form check-up).
The 3 gym mistakes a corrective exercise specialist sees people make at the gym
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Push-ups
I see a lot of people dip their forehead forward when doing a push-up, says Lampa.
At the same time, says the specialist, shell see people arc their hips up to the sky.
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Squats
Everyones favorite booty-busting move also makes Lampas list.
The fix:My first cue would be to open their stance a bit wider.
If you find that this is true for you, add someankle mobility exercisesto your warm-up.
The right way to do a squat:
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Reverse Lunges
For a reverse lunge, I see people overshoot the back leg into the lunge.
This makes it difficult to bend the back knee and also adds in a hip flexor stretch.
Youll hear people say, I just feel my hip flexors, says Lampa.
The trick is to make your reverse lunge shorter than you think.
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