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Always warm up before you start to train. Try to do a total body warm up before you start training. It is especially important to warm up the specific muscle groups you are going to be training. A warm up can be as simple as performing the specific exercise at 25% of the weight you normally lift at very high reps.

Use proper posture. Maintaining proper posture will greatly reduce chances of injury and maximize exercise benefit. When standing keep your feet shoulder width apart. Don't lock your knees, it puts an unnecessary strain on them. Keep your back flat and straight, making sure not to twist or arch it in order to complete an exercise.

Usr proper form. Focus on only working the muscle groups intended for the exercise you are doing. If you feel strain elsewhere you may need someone to critique your exercise motion or revaluate the amount of weight you are lifting. Keeping proper form also means lifting in a smooth fluid motion. Know when your muscle are to tired to keep going.

Breathe properly. Never hold your breath during any part of an exercise. Holding your breath may cause severe intra-thoracic pressure and raise blood pressure leading to dizziness or blackout. The rule of thumb is to exhale slowly on exertion, and inhale on return part of the exercise.

Stop training if you feel pain. If you feel pain during a specific exercise stop immediately. Any continuation may aggravate an existing injury. Revaluate your routine to make sure you are doing a proper warm up. Decrease the amount of weight you are lifting.

If you injure yourself during training, follow these four steps known as (Rice). Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.

Give the injured area sufficient rest before training again.
Apply a cold compress to the area to reduce swelling.
Apply pressure to the injured area.
If the injured area is an extremity, foot, hand, etc. elevate the area.

For the first week simply perform the exercises with no weight. This will help you develop proper form. Work on your posture and breathe properly. Balance is developed in the second and third weeks, as you add a few pounds to each exercise. Once the three weeks have ended, begin adding more weight. The desired ojective should be to lift as much weight as possible, in a controlled movement throughout the appropriate number of repetitions.

keep your eating habits healthy by consciously planning your meals one day ahead. This will help ensure a proper nutrition balance and make your meals more enjoyable.

Areobic exercise can be any type of activity that causes your heart rate to increase and makes you breathe harder. By definition aerobic means increase the amount of oxygen in the blood.
Oxygen combust with fats and carbohydrates to the create energy you need to continue the activity. As a fat burner, aerobic activity is particularly effective if you can maintain the activity for a minimum of twenty minutes. Put simply the body has two sources of energy; sugar and fat. The sugar or glycogen is stored in the muscle and is the easiest form of energy for the body to use. Fat requires more work to be used as energy and your body resist using it unless it runs out or sugar energy.
If you are exercising at a fairly hard rate, measured by your new bodybugg heart rate tracker. You should deplete the glycogen in your muscles in about 10-15 minutes. When the muscle runs out of sugar to burn it will begin metabolizing fat as energy. This is the reason that if you are trying to burn fat you must maintain the activity for a minimum of 20 minutes.