A good warm-up should:
- Raise your body temperature
- Get you in the right mindset e.g. get you focused and ready to move
- Wake up your muscles, tendons and central nervous system
- Elongate the muscles that tend to get tight
- Allow you to lift heavier, run faster etc
One theory about body transformation workouts is that if you’re not sweating within the first 5 minutes, then it’s not going to be an effective fat-loss workout.
5 Minute Fat-Loss Warm-Up
Try this warm-up next time you’re in the gym. Yes, it’s hard and it’ll make you sweat but it'll make a difference.
- 30 second double foot speed skipping
- 30 seconds hand walk outs
- 30 seconds hip hinge hamstring stretch
- 30 seconds alternate foot speed skipping
- 30 seconds alternate foot spiderman
- 30 seconds bent over T-Spine rotation
- 30 seconds double foot speed skipping
- 30 seconds alternate chest mobilisation
- 30 second overhead alternate lunge
- 30 seconds alternate foot speed skipping
If you’re unsure how to perform any of these warm up exercises, ask a member of the Fitness Team.