Form (exercise)
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:See Kata for "form" in the context of martial arts.
Form is a specific way of performing a movement, often a strength training exercise, to avoid injury and maximize benefit.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-03|title="Good Form" According to GMB|url=https://gmb.io/good-form/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=GMB Fitness|language=en-US}}
Purposes
Exercises or drills in sport have recognized ways of performing movements for two purposes:
=Avoiding injury=
By using good and proper form, the risk of injury is lowered. A lack of proper form commonly results in injury or a lack of effect from the exercise being performed
=Maximizing benefit=
Good form ensures that the movement only uses the main muscles, and avoids recruiting secondary muscles. As a muscle fatigues, the body attempts to compensate by recruiting other muscle groups and transferring force generation to non-fatigued units. This reduces the benefits in strength or size gain experienced by the muscles as they are not worked to failure.