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The Rule of Bad Form
by Adam
Librot
This is a
rule that I have come to realize through empirical evidence:
When
you approach a level of intensity that begins to push your
physical limits, you will, naturally and subconsciously, adjust
the movement so that it becomes as easy as humanly possible; your
body will naturally find the easiest way to perform the task you
ask of it.
This says
that unless you consciously think about maintaining the proper
form, you will fall into a form which takes the stress of your
body. This will remove the exact stress that you are trying to
put on the body, essentially "taking the work out of the
workout". It is this stress which causes your body to grow
and adapt, and will cause you to make progress towards your goal.
Though you
think you are accomplishing something, since you feel that you
perform the necessary task, you actually may be accomplishing
nothing, due to fact that your body adapts your form by negating
the effects of the increase in load.
To prevent against this, you must be conscious all the time
about what you do naturally and subconsciously. Always ask
yourself, "Did my doing that just make this exercise
easier?" If the answer is yes, you must consciously prevent
yourself from reverting to bad form. Sometimes in doing this you
may figure out that there is no way you can handle the load that
you have put on your body. In this case, you must reduce the
load, but this reduction will be temporary, as you will progress
more rapidly when you are conscious of your movements.
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