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6 Ways to Avoid the Top Mistakes People Make at the Gym

Chris Freytag by Chris Freytag | January 27th, 2010 | 3 Comments
topic: Fitness, Health & Wellness, Weight Loss | tags: blunders, core, Fitness, gym, habits, hydrate, mistakes, new year, stairmaster, stretch, tips, weight-loss, work out

It’s January and the gyms are packed.

I have written many times over the years about correcting poor form or bad habits at the gym. It’s not a new subject, but I have been “moved” to write about it one more time after last Saturday morning when I was at the gym and was compelled to offer some free advice to the woman next to me.  Here was the scenario:  I like to exercise on the Stairmaster Stepmill…you know the machine with the revolving stack of stairs. I usually mind my own business, but last Saturday the woman next to me was so slumped I couldn’t keep my blinders on.