Injury Prevention in Exercise

My mentor asked me to answer these questions:

How does your level of fitness play a part in helping prevent injuries?

If you push to hard past your level of fitness you could seriously injure yourself. However, this doesn't mean you cant improve your level of fitness.You just have to push yourself little by little. Take baby steps. Eventually you'll have the fitness level that you want.

How do strength, balance, flexibility, and endurance play their parts in preventing injuries?

To build up your strength you must do it by straining your muscles progressively and gradually, your strength can greatly increase your chances of injury prevention, because you will be more stable and able to endure more. Balance will keep you from using the wrong muscles to help support your weight, and it will improve your fitness training. Flexibility allows you to do all of those squats and lunges, but to prevent injury, you must warm up the muscles by stretching them. And endurance allows you to continue your training session for a period of time, allowing you to develop your muscles, strength, balance, and flexibility.

What can you do to make sure you are getting enough sleep so your body is recovering from intense workouts?

You know you're getting enough sleep if you don't feel fatigue. And make sure you drinks lots of water as well.


Why are shoes important to runners? Where can you go to get properly fit for shoes in your area?

In the article I read on Injury Prevention it says that proper fitting shoes are the difference between low-risk injury and high-risk injury. Good shoes are important for runners, because they run in them, but they also keep their feet from getting injured, or their muscles in their leg.

How can you make sure you are hydrated enough during your workouts to fend of dehydration?

Always drink water before you are thirsty. In the article it said by the time you are thirsty you have lost 1% of your body weight through 2% dehydration. So drink water!