When I’m not writing, editing, and researching fitness, I’m teaching it to my personal training and group fitness clients. Stick around for the strategic, science-backed nuggets that’ll help you move better, train smarter, and actually enjoy the process. Using them correctly depends on the context, the gym rules, and whether you’re being respectful. Here are a few criticized gym behaviors I actually endorse. They help you connect what you think you’re doing to what you’re actually doing—for new lifters, visual learners, or those rehabbing an injury.