Warm up is important, i believe its smart to make the most out of it.
When you do it 😛
For years i have been utilizing bands for preparing my body for the session and doing different warm up protocols with great results to show for it.
But in all honesty i see the same results with no warm up as well.
Its different going for a deadlift PR than working out with your bodyweight and adding progressively some weights here and there.
Intuition and listening to your body is a skill that i find makes the human, human. If not practiced and observed we are striving to live a half assed life.
When my body is hungry i ask what it wants and i give it.
When i feel an imbalance i stop my training routine and address it.
If my body is sore i take a walk, or an active recovery day instead of training.
My present approach is simple efficient and effective.
- Do 1-2 “light” activation sets of the given exercise that is your main focus of the day.
Examples :
HSPU :
If you are about to go for Heavy handstand push ups do 1-2 sets of 10-15 reps of pike push ups, banded over head presses or overhead dumbbell press ( the more specific the movement you warm up to the strength movement you wanna do, the better )
Sprints:
Do 1-3 runs at moderate speed from 40% then 50% then 60%
Squats :
1-2 sets of 10-20 air squats OR use a a lot of support while doing your pistols for the sake of “warming up”.
I believe the concept is simple to grasp
Listen to your body and give it what it needs when it needs it.
Much love, lets go move.
Time to ASCENT !