Powerline P2 X, Owner'S Manual

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COMMON TRAINING MISTAKES
1. Lack of Adequate Warm-Up and Inadequate Flexibility
A warmed muscle is a mor e flexible muscle that ’ s better able to lift heavier weights and work in a full range
of motion. Those warmed muscles also g r eatly r educe your chance of training injuries.
2. Improper Form
The use of imp r oper form is a good way to keep you out of the gym. Not only does imp r oper form cause
injuries, it also doesn ’ t allow for adequate muscle-fiber stimulation.
3. Too Much Weight
Overloading the muscles is a good way to p r omote muscular g r owth, but packing on too much weight can
cause a snowball effect of imp r oper form, injuries, and down time f r om your r outine.
4. Not Enough Weight
Not lifting enough weight will p r ohibit the stimulation necessary for muscular g r owth. Keep challenging your
self to lift heavier weights on a p r og r essive basis always maintaining p r oper form.
5. Not Enough Rest Between Workouts
If you’ r e still so r e f r om your p r evious workout, you don ’ t have to go back at it just because it ’ s your
scheduled day. Give your body an extra day off to fully r ecover so when you r etu r n you will be able to
give 100%.
6. Overtraining
It ’ s not how much time you spend working out, but what you accomplish that r eally matters. Try to keep your
r esistance workouts within 45 to 60 minutes per session.
7. Poor Diet and Supplementation
Eating the right combination of foods, along with good supplementation, will g r eatly p r omote your success.
Make your diet 50 pe r cent carbohydrate, 35 pe r cent p r otein, 15 pe r cent fat, and take a good multivitamin
and p r otein / carbohydrate supplement. Don ’ t fo r get the wate r - at least 80 ounces a day! Hydration is critical.
8. Stale Routines
Y our body adapts very quickly to the demands placed upon it. That ’ s why you should have a variety of
exe r cises and r outines that you can do. To keep your body g r owing, you’ve got to keep it off-gua r d.
Changing your exe r cises and r outines is a su r e way to do it.
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