How long do you warm up before hitting the weights?

[superwife]

I definitely don't consider 5 minutes of jogging cardio. It is just to wake me up in the morning and get my muscles moving. If I jumped straight to weights, even light, first thing I think I would fall on my face...

I also do about 3-4 warmup sets before my first exercise.

 

[spatts]

I never stretch before. I do a dynamic warm up, with bands or light weights, that is similar to what I'm about to do, and I always warm up my core.

I stretch afterwards while the muscles are nice and warm and flexible.

 

[JJFigure]

An OLY complex is a combination of movements centered around the Olympic lifts (clean, snatch). I'm working on my snatch right now, so I've been doing combinations that include the snatch and overhead squats. For a warmup, I just use the bar and perform repetitions of a series of movements.

 

[The Shadow]

I have begun alternating between:

running 3 miles

OR

walking on a treadmill on a 15 incline and 4 mph till I hit 500 cals

OR

keeping same incline and doing 30-45 secons bursts of sprints and then backing back to around 3.8 mph until 500 cals or so.


I have started doing this BEFORE the weights and I dont notice it affecting my training ability except for leg day

 

[dzulboy]

10 min i n the sauna befor ei work out

 

[wend]

I ride my bike to the gym, most of the time. Then I do a light set of my power movement before I start lifting heavy. Most of the time, I don't bother with warmup sets of the isolation exercises.

I stretch the muscles I'm working while I rest between sets. (Not only do I not waste time, but the guys are less likely to try to chat that way.)

I should probably do more serious stretching when I'm all done...though I do take a yoga/pilates class twice a week, which helps my flexibility, and sometimes I'll do yoga at home, when I feel the need.