Foam Rolls, Stretches, jump rope, treadmill, etc.

[themondtster]

So what do you do before your weight lifting, besides your warm up set? Just reading about these foam roll exercises and it looks interesting.

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[Sub-Zero]

i usually just start with alot of light warmup sets on my first exercise

i save stretching and all that stuff for cardio days, or after my workouts

 

[Judo Tom]

if nothing is going on ill just do some mobility stuff for the joints ill be using that day to get the blood flowing. then ill do a bunch of light sets of the main compound lift im doing. in between the light warm up sets ill do some more mobilization. then i just get to my real warm up sets.

other times i might run. I might have just gotten done doing some judo or bjj. who knows..

 

[Judo Tom]

ahh again.... yeah stretching and foam rolling i always do after my workout..

the only other thing ill do for warmups btw is jump rope or do some olympic lifting warmup and a few reps of olympic lifts

 

[the.gladiator1987]

I always plan it out and then never end up doing it lol. Here is what I want to do:

Everyday:
AM Static stretching

Pre w/o:
Foam Rolling
Dynamic stretching
Jumproping

Post w/o:
Static Stretching

 

[burnthiscorpse]

Even the nice dense foam rollers wear out. I bought a 3' long piece of 6" PVC. It hurts a little to get used to but now I will never go back to foam. It cost me $15 too and will never wear out. I use it every day multiple times daily. Helps keep my thorasic(sp?) spine in line too.
under the armpit is the best for me because i have alot of tightness in there.
Do a youtube search for Defranco's shoulder stretching and also Diesel Crew Shoulder rehab. Lots of great stuff in those for upper body and rotator cuffs.

 

[themondtster]

Currently I do some static and then some kenetic stretches, followed by some quick body weight exercises just to get blood flowing and joints warmed up. Been checking out a few new things....anybody ever try yoga for heavy lifts. Heard some colleges and pro teams implementing it.

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