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This is good advice but I would caution engineers who sit at their desk all day. Don't just lift heavy weight without spending almost an equal amount of time on
by capkutay 10y ago
This is good advice but I would caution engineers who sit at their desk all day. Don't just lift heavy weight without spending almost an equal amount of time on core strength and flexibility.
- parthdesai 10y agodefinitely focus on stretching before work out. I have seen so many of my friends screw up their shoulder because they didn't focus on stretching.
- gaius 10y agoStretching cold muscles will do nothing at best or injure you at worst - stretch after your workout. Warmup with light exercises first. E.g. if you are planning barbell squats, start with air squats.
- parthdesai 10y agoi usually run for 15-20 mins before proceeding to stretching and then working out.
- jmartinpetersen 10y ago"Another warmup type that provides no performance benefit is doing a light starting set before lifting your normal weights (study). " This advice worries me. You do not warm up to increase performance in each session, you warm up so that you can keep doing sessions (hint: you can't work out when you're injured).
- gaius 10y agoAbsolutely. Air squats before real squats get blood flowing into the muscle, you "rehearse" the move a few times to remind yourself of the form, etc. That's what reduces the possibility of injury. If you think about it from an evolutionary perspective, a warmup to increase performance makes no sense - you wouldn't have time to stretch first if you were about to be eaten by a hungry mammoth - the body would want to jump straight to peak power and if you get injured it's better than being dead...
- synaesthesisx 10y agoAgreed - core strength is critical especially for exercises like deadlifts & squats. A strong core will help with stabilization when lifting heavier weights and will reduce your odds of injury.