Editing Strength training (section)

=== Proper form ===
[[File:DumbbellDeadlift.JPG|thumb|A [[dumbbell]] [[Squat (exercise)|half-squat]].<ref name="Rippetoe-2005">{{cite book|last= Rippetoe|first= Mark |author-link=Mark Rippetoe|author2=Lon Kilgore |title=Starting Strength|url= https://archive.org/details/startingstrength00ripp|url-access= limited|publisher=The Aasgard Company|year=2005|isbn=978-0-9768054-0-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/startingstrength00ripp/page/n46 46]–49|chapter=Knees}}</ref>]]
Strength training also requires the use of proper or '[[Form (exercise)|good form]]', performing the movements with the appropriate muscle group, and not transferring the weight to different body parts in order to move greater weight (called '[[Cheating#Sports|cheating]]'). An injury or an inability to reach training objectives might arise from poor form during a training set. If the desired muscle group is not challenged sufficiently, the threshold of overload is never reached and the muscle does not gain in strength. At a particularly advanced level, however, "cheating" can be used to break through strength plateaus and encourage [[neurological]] and muscular adaptation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hughes |first1=David C. |last2=Ellefsen |first2=Stian |last3=Baar |first3=Keith |date=June 2018 |title=Adaptations to Endurance and Strength Training |journal=Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=a029769 |doi=10.1101/cshperspect.a029769 |issn=2157-1422 |pmc=5983157 |pmid=28490537}}</ref>

Maintaining proper form is one of the many steps in order to perfectly perform a certain strength training technique. Correct form in weight training improves strength, muscle tone, and maintaining a healthy weight. Improper form can lead to strains and fractures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/weight-training/art-20045842?pg=2|title=Weight training: Do's and don'ts of proper technique - Mayo Clinic|website=www.mayoclinic.org|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref>