What does your warm-up look like?

[octahedrite]

I hardly ever warm up, but in the interest of building good habits and taking better care of my joints, I'm thinking I should start! When I do bother to warm up, I usually do arm circles, some hamstring and hip stretches. Other days I do a few reps with the empty bar.

What about you? What does your warm-up look like?

(Mods, can we get a discussion tag?)

Comments

[tielan]

My personal trainer (when I had one) suggested a 5 minute warm-up on the treadmill - basically enough to loosen up the body and break a sweat. Then we did the resistance work.

When I play (field) hockey, we have a full warm-up routine with jogging, all the leg and hip and back stretches, and some arm and shoulder ones.

I feel like in both situations, it's more important for me to do cool-down, which quite often I forget, or just can't be bothered - and I do feel it the next morning. Ow.

[octahedrite]

Ironically, I'm good at consistently doing a cool down. I exercise at night and can't relax enough to sleep otherwise. Thanks for sharing!