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Elite Kiki
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Warm-ups
"Okay, so it appears that a warm-up can improve performance and minimize tissue stress, but is it absolutely necessary? No! Simply going through the motions of any exercise is sufficient to supply blood to the appropriate working muscles. Just a few reps is all you need to really warm-up the muscles. Aerobic activity isn't necessary and may in fact zap some valuable energy as well as time."
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That's really long. Having read your post, my warm ups consist of only nine repetitions per exercise (typically). No, it's not necessary, but if you plan on just walking into a gym and doing a 600 deadlift cold, let me know how that works out for you (aimed not at you but at whoever made the statement).
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Patrick
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I warm up pretty extensively when I train.
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a warm up set serves as sortof a neuromuscular rehearsal of the lift and is a chance for your body to get used to progressively heavier loads. however, most people will throw on some weight...knock out 20 reps, throw on some more....knock out another 15....load and repeat....load and repeat. not a great option and counterproductive for maximal strength in the lift.
the more motor units recruited, the more force production is possible. with that said, the goal is to recruit and activate as many fast twitch motor units as possible. the problem with high rep warm ups....they contribute to the build up of residual fatigue and produce lactic acid. the production of lactic acid also contributes to an increase in blood acidity which is associated with impaired motor unit recruitment. lactic acid impairs the nervous system's ability to recruit and activate the high threshold (with the greatest size and strength potential) motor units. to avoid it = low rep warm up sets. ie. maybe 4 sets of between 3-5 reps. |
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A little baby can do anything and grow without injury.... But when you become a Woman or a Man you need to warmup before your workout. 10 min light cardio... then several sets ( high 12 and low reps 3-5) before you hit the big movements...ie, bench, squat, press and dead lift ect... |
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I always start of with 5 minutes of some form of cardio before touching any weight. If my working sets will be under 90% of my 1RM, then I typically do 3 warmup sets at 8, 5, and 3 repetitions. I don't like doing too many repetitions. I feel like I induce unecessary fatigue if I do so. I don't wait in between the first two warmup sets, wait 20-30 seconds between the 2nd and 3rd warmup sets, then wait about 90 seconds until I do my working set. Here's what I did for a movement the other day, as an example: 95 x 8 135 x 5 185 x 3 207 x 6, 6, 6 I feel like I've struck a pretty good balance between neuromuscular preparedness, fatigue, and acclimation of soft tissue to heavier weights. |
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An explosive activity, such as the movements used during a specific dynamic warm-up, will recruit as many motor units, if not more, as a warm set of the specific exercise without the resultant muscle damage created by the eccentric movement.
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So, if you properly warmup for working sets of squats and deadlilfts, do you still need warmup sets for exercises immediately following like leg press, leg curls, calf raises, etc.?
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single joint exercises I don't. Multi-joint exercises always get a warm up set when I train. |
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Elite Kiki
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Got some heavy hitters postin' in my thread here.
I just posted the article as food for thought, as I'm not saying I agree 100% with it. It even goes into detail about a smarter way to warm-up, which is still warming up... |
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