The Importance of Warming Up

The purpose of warming up before physical activity is to prepare mentally and physically for your chosen activity.

Warming up increases your heart rate and therefore your blood flow. This enables more oxygen to reach your muscles.

Warming up before you begin any kind of exercise is important to make sure that you’re actively taking steps to reduce your likelihood of an injury and prepping your body for the upcoming stress it’s about to engage in.

In addition, adding a warmup to your routine can help your body ease into the upcoming workout with critical internal systems like your cardiovascular system and muscle groups that will be heavily utilized in compound movements.

Dynamic Warm up before your workout

To warm-up or not to be? This is always the question but why do we even ask it to begin with ? We know we should warm up before a workout or any strenuous activity, so why do we tend to complete a warm-up or stretch, or just skip it all together ?

What’s the benefit ?

  • Elevate Heart Rate
  • Increase Core Temperature
  • Enhance Blood Flow to Muscle Tissues
  • Stimulate Nervous System
  • Increased Mobility
  • Decreased Injury Risk

3 Dynamic warm-ups that you could do before your workout

  • Alternating Forward Lunges
  • Jumping Jacks
  • Side Leg Squat