Top 3 Injury Prevention Program Must Haves

There’s a bunch of fancy stuff out there when its comes to the top recovery methods and some can have a benefit. But nothing compares to a properly designed program with the right exercise selection, proper volume/load and strategic rest and recovery days! Train properly and the injury prevention program will take care of itself! Then you can add in all the cold plunges, saunas, cupping and fancy massage guns you want 😉

Exercise Selection

The types of exercises you select how you implement into your program is going to be one of the top ways to prevent injury! Knowing when to vary your exercises, add more mobility or strength, or how to lay out your weeks worth of workouts will all greatly alter how your body reacts to your program and its the best for you and helping you stay injury free!

Volume and Load

This is another essential to ensuring your body doesn’t get overtrained and can continue to progress and stay healthy! The amount your doing on a daily basis can break down your body pretty quickly so if you’re loading up heavy day after all our power day back to back to back your body will get run down and not be banle to perform or even worse get hurt. So if you’re going heavy or all out power, schedule in a lower volume day that focuses on movements, mobility, weight transfer, core or cardio. This will allow for your body to train day after day while still getting the most out of your strength and power days! Oh and improving your movement and weight transfer is really important too so you should probably work on it 😉

Rest and Recovery

This is an obvious one…but it’s not just about doing nothing on your off days. It’s important to plan and schedule your recovery days strategically. This is where you can do intentional mobility specific exercises or go for a walk, hike, light jog, bike ride to get the body moving, blood flowing and actively recovering! It’s also important to schedule your sleep and ensure your getting enough rest. Sleep is king when it comes to recovering properly, being able to push hard during your sessions and ensuring you stay injury free!

This is a start to understanding how to properly program to help prevent injuries and have your best season and results yet! There can still be many complicated factors so if you have any questions feel free to message us and we’d be happy to help!

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Written by:

Rob Jost – ACE-CPT, NSCA-CPT

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