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Advertisement Some are understandable, some inevitable and some just downright dangerous. Chances are you’ve committed at least one of these common gym mistakes before and will again now gyms have reopened. Even experienced personal trainers can be repeat offenders – as you’ll find out below. So to prevent you falling into the same traps, we’ve highlighted the most common pitfalls awaiting unwary gym-goers and the best ways to overcome them. 1. You Never Learn Your Lesson “The biggest mistake I used to make was always after injury lay-offs,” admits London-based personal trainer D...

Advertisement With drop sets, failure is the only option. That’s right: the goal of this fiendishly tough resistance training technique is to work a muscle group to complete fatigue – again and again. Experienced exercisers use drop sets to break through stubborn training plateaus. They cause a shock to the system by design, but when used wisely – and most importantly, safely – drop sets can be an effective way to accelerate your gains. The technique works like this: perform one set of an exercise, such as a dumbbell biceps curl, with a reasonably heavy weight until you can’t compl...