Why You Should Always Lift With Perfect Form

In this post we’re going to talk about why you should always try to lift with perfect form.

Lifting With Perfect Form Will Reduce Injuries

When you lift with perfect form you usually have to slow down and focus on what you are doing. This means you will get hurt less.

Injuries usually happen when people are going too fast or are lifting too much weight.

By going at a nice controlled pace you will drastically reduce your chance of injury.

If you are training to improve performance in a sport (for example BJJ or MMA), you can’t afford to get injured in the weight room!

Who gives a shit if you can deadlift 400 but your back is messed up for the next tournament.

Injuries in the weight room can not be allowed to impact your BJJ skill training, which is the most important.

You Will Better Control Which Muscles You Use For Each Exercise

When you focus on lifting with perfect form it forces you to be mindful of the movement. You begin to feel which muscles are working.

You can actually control which muscles you use for each exercise.

When you are lifting too heavy or too quickly you do not have time to be aware of which muscles you are using.

(Other side of the coin: On the other hand, doing explosive lifts can be beneficial for sports. My advice applies to non-jumping exercises.)

Don’t Lift With Your Ego

If you are dead set on lifting a certain amount of weight, you will begin to care less and less about form and more about lifting your goal weight.

You will gain better strength by doing each exercise with perfect form and little by little increasing the weights each workout.

For more information on how to do the main exercises with perfect form check out my: Strength Training For Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Part 2 – Which Exercises to Do

I wrote in this post how my smaller teammate gets the best of me in practice, even though I outweigh him by 30lbs.

Main Points

When you lift, try to do it with perfect form. Feel your body. Feel your balance. Can you feel which muscles you are using?

Remember that skills pay the bills. Who cares if you can lift 400lbs if you gas out or if you can’t escape side control.