Anyone want to argue a warmup isnt needed?

[Chesticles2]

If your one of those guys headed straight for the weight room to pump that iron before a 5-10 warmup, im just curious as to why?

[J-Mak]

If your one of those guys headed straight for the weight room to pump that iron before a 5-10 warmup, im just curious as to why?

I never used to warmup, until i got halfway through the starting strength routine.
Working with high weight without warming up is asking for injury.

I rather waste time warming up than have to waste weeks for the muscle to repair from the injury.

[VANZFINEST]

I find incorporating a warm-up into my routine, not only warms up my muscles on whats to come, but it also seems to help me add on a few pounds on my weights. Aside from the obvious helps prevent injury.

[JOSEF RAKICH]

Nah i always have a little bit of a warm up before i train, just to prevent injurys.

[in10city]

Do you want to argue about it?

[irish27]

An instructor at my gym was telling a guy not to warm up, but for bench just to go straight into your heavy set to save energy!

[Cease2xist]

How many sets and percentage of your 1rm should you be warming up with, on the bench for example?

[Chesticles2]

How many sets and percentage of your 1rm should you be warming up with, on the bench for example?

50-60rm
but i was more or less talking about an easy jog to get blood flowing to every part of your body
light sets are always helpful though

[Cease2xist]

50-60rm
but i was more or less talking about an easy jog to get blood flowing to every part of your body
light sets are always helpful though

Oh ok, fantastic then!

[Antz1980]

How many sets and percentage of your 1rm should you be warming up with, on the bench for example?

On my first and usually my second exercise I do a warm up set of about 14 reps. I also warm up on the elliptical for 10mins before training as its currently winter here..........

[psychowolverine]

I rarely do any warmup... I just go at it... Been doing it that way from day one and see no need in change.

[Chesticles2]

I rarely do any warmup... I just go at it... Been doing it that way from day one and see no need in change.

giver a try for 2 weeks see how you like it.
theres been ****loads of things i hear ppl say that i think are the stupidest
piles of **** in the world...but be open to things might help ya

[psychowolverine]

giver a try for 2 weeks see how you like it.
theres been ****loads of things i hear ppl say that i think are the stupidest
piles of **** in the world...but be open to things might help ya

naw I dont think warmups are stupid, I just never did them.

On ocassion I will do a set of pushups on chest day to warm up the elbows, but the rest of my days are just going at it. Nothing wrong with warming up and nothing stupid about it.. just not my way of doing things at this time...

[revoman]

I use the rowing machine . Gets the whole body warmed up nicely . I would rather be safe then sorry .

[TonySturch]

Bench, squats, deads are the only exercises I warm up with, and thats only if Im doing downward ramping sets (starting with max first, then dropping weight and adding reps on subsequent sets). If Im doing a standard ramp, then I wont bother with an actual warmup set.

[Lean88]

I dont do any cardio first.
Normally ill do a light set or two just to get my muscles warmed up.
I feel like I take a couple of sets to get going, some people can go at it right away everyone is different

[SouthernLord]

I don't train like most people here.... Usually total body or upper/lower splits. Lots of squats, pulls, and presses. Very little isolation BB type work. I like to train heavy and stay injury free. The two don't usually go together. I go through a thorough warm up every training session.

Typical Warm Up

5 minutes on the Bike
25-30 shoulder dislocates
25-30 trunk twists
25-30 second hang for time
10-15 hanging twists
10-15 forward leg swings x2
10-15 side leg swings x2
Squat stretch x a lot

The above warm up takes less than 15 minutes and I am usually sweating and ready to go by the end. I also use my foam roller daily and I do a lot of static stretches on cardio/conditioning days.

[MaximusJuris]

I never warm up with cardio.

I always warm up with a light set of whatever exercise I'm about to do next.

[ybarrama]

I just do 2 warm up sets then start my heavy lifting.

[dantheman999]

I don't do full body warm ups. It's counter productive for what i am trying to achieve in the gym.

I warm up a specific motion for several sets in the rep range that i will be working in. Doing higher reps and cardio perpare the CNS for something much different than is coming.

[lastlieutenant]

I'll do a light weight for my first rep, but forget stretching. You do lose some strength from it, and as long as you dont jump right into heavy sets I dont see the problem.

Reading Joe Weiders Bodybuilding book, stretching of course is something important, but from the looks of it, it is something that should be done on off-days/at night.

[MaximusJuris]

You actually want to stretch when your muscles are warmed up and your blood is pumping...


take southern lord for example, does a lil cardio before all the stretching

[bonvec01]

I don't do any cardio to warm up.

I just do 2-3 min dynamic stretching, then light rotator cuff warmup plus dips/chins if I'm doing upper or glute activation/front squats with bar if I'm doing lower.

[Hortonized]

I agree. Years back, I use to jump right into my sets and it caught up really fast in the form of injuries. Now I always use a minimum of two warm-up sets, then jump into my heavier sets. Definitely looking for trouble should you decide to jump right in with a (ex.) 280lb bench press and failed to warm up with some lighter sets. = imo, it is an inevitable disaster.

I find incorporating a warm-up into my routine, not only warms up my muscles on whats to come, but it also seems to help me add on a few pounds on my weights. Aside from the obvious helps prevent injury.

I never used to warmup, until i got halfway through the starting strength routine.
Working with high weight without warming up is asking for injury.

I rather waste time warming up than have to waste weeks for the muscle to repair from the injury.

[allergic2rice]

naw I dont think warmups are stupid, I just never did them.

On ocassion I will do a set of pushups on chest day to warm up the elbows, but the rest of my days are just going at it. Nothing wrong with warming up and nothing stupid about it.. just not my way of doing things at this time...

wait wait wait.
I'm really curious bout this, so you just jump into your working sets? what about going for 1rms?

[MIKES3]

I rarely do any warmup... I just go at it... Been doing it that way from day one and see no need in change.

same here

[chazzy1864]

If it's legs I'll do 5 mins of cardio.

if any other day, I don't feel the need to do 5 minutes of cardio, when it won't benefit my lifts. I'll warm up my rotator cuffs, and I'll ramp up weights with warm up sets before my working sets. But I don't see how 5-10 minutes on a treadmill is going to warm up my chest for the bench press.

[psychowolverine]

wait wait wait.
I'm really curious bout this, so you just jump into your working sets? what about going for 1rms?

If I decide to go for a 1rm I do it after a workout... I dont care about my maxes anymore to do it just for the numbers.

[Rsardinia]

I don't ride the bike that often before working out any more, but I still do warmups in the sense that I do light weight to start and get the blood flowing and loosen up the joints and tendons.

[Felonist]

I always start with 50 - 100 Jumping Jacks to get all the limbs working and blood flowing regardless of what the workout day is.

I then tend to do arm / shoulder rotations - dislocations holding a 5 lbs weight to stretch those on Chest / Tris Days
Back and Bi days I Usually grab the Chinup bar and hang for 30 secsm then twist for 20 secs
I then grab my toes and stretch out my back. When I do deads I typically do 1 set of 10 when I got 1 plate on before I go into my working set, After that before each set I practice my form and "make believe / go through the motion of the lift"

For legs and shoulder day I typically do standard legs stretches for 2 minutes, bending knees, etc.. my stretches take maybe 5 minutes not even.....

I should really do more then that but who the **** has the time.