What is a proper warm up before running on a treadmill?

[chief_choka_ho]

Just wondering what I should be doing.

[greenleaf]

Do speed walking or mild jogging for 5-10 mins to get your heart rate and circulation up. When your body starts to feel warm, then go for the run.

[in10city]

Originally Posted by chief_choka_ho

Just wondering what I should be doing.

No hard and fast rules here. Do what you need to do to feel comfortable and warmed up.

5-10 minutes of walking whist increasing pace. Dynamic stretching of the calves, Achilles, quads, hamstrings, and glutes.

[kaizer27]

I normally just start running. Starting speed for me is 6.8 mph, once I start to feel myself loosening up I then increase the speed until I get to cruising speed.

6.8 feels really slow to me, so i am normally ready to up the speed around 45 second, but don't get going full speed ahead until around minute 4.

[XMX]

Is there like a youtube vid that demonsrtaes how to strech before a run?

[JesseStylex]

i start out walking fast till i get in the grove of being on the treadmill. about 2 minutes. then i start running.

[garnerman]

walking