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Warming up and "mobility" seems to be a hot topic as of late. I recently had a question over on my YouTube page about what I did to warm up. I had posted an older training log of my warm ups in the past, but I decided to revisit this topic because some things have changed, plus I know visually it helps to see me walk through the actual warm up.

As I've mentioned before, it's important to make your warm up work for you. Just like training, everyone has their own specific weaknesses when it comes to movement issues and then what it takes to get ready to get under the bar. Some people need very little work to warm up and get ready, while others (usually more seasoned vets or those with prior issues/surgeries/injuries) need a little more.

Below are my warm ups for both lower and upper body days (twice a week for each). These take me about 5-10 minutes to get through before I start getting some actual work in (reverse hypers on lower days; and DB benching, face pulls/pull aparts, and oblique work on upper days). This makes the total warm up about 20 minutes. Most will not need some of the extra work I do, but since incorporating this little bit of extra work, my lifts have done nothing but increase. It's what works for me, and that's the key take home point.

If you've got any questions, you can leave them in the comment section below!

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