You're not too good to warm-up!

You might think you’re too advanced to dedicate 10 minutes of your session to warming your muscles and stimulating the central nervous system, but I guarantee you that your body is thinking that you’re not too advanced for injury. Stepping into the gym and immediately hitting the iron /or starting on the muscle-ups is not the ideal way to go. You run with the increased risk of injury and decreased performance. Spend a few minutes performing a low-intensity mobility and soft tissue warm-up followed by a specific warm-up before even
thinking about doing the WOD.

A Simple Warm-up Helps

We all know the importance of warming up before exercising, and we all know that it’s something we’re supposed to do. This will consist of light stretching and ‘warming’ of the muscles; getting the blood to flow around the body, loosening joints and stretching the muscles and connective tissue.

• 2-3 minutes of jump rope or Run
• 50 jumping jacks
• 15 body weight squats
• 5 lunges (each leg)
• 10 forward leg swings (each leg)
• 10 side leg swings (each leg)
• 10 push ups
• 10 spiderman steps (each leg)

• 10 arm swings and trunk twists

Don’t Think You Are Too Advanced To Warm-Up

You might think you’re too advanced to dedicate 10 minutes of your session to warming your muscles and stimulating the central nervous system, but I guarantee you that your body is thinking that you’re not too advanced for injury. Stepping into the gym and immediately hitting the iron /or starting on the muscle-ups is not the ideal way to go. You run with the increased risk of injury and decreased performance. Spend a few minutes performing a low-intensity mobility and soft tissue warm-up followed by a specific warm-up before even
thinking about doing the WOD.