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Don't we need to warm up before doing any max intensity exercise to prevent injury.

by zebnyc 6y ago

Barrin92 6y ago
I've read conflicting information about warming up over the years but it at least appears to me that the consensus is slowly moving away from several common exercises such as stretching, which apparently even seems to have negative effects.
- swader999 6y ago
  Stretching will decrease strength immediately after. Dynamic warm-ups where you work up to the range of motion of play is what you want. Greasing the groove is another method to Google. Stretching is useful to increase range of movement if you don't have enough for a given sport. Injury prevention is more focused on eliminating muscle imbalances.
- AngryData 6y ago
  It is mostly deep stretching before exercise that seems to be the biggest target. Light quick stretching should still be fine to prevent injury. Deep stretching is only good for maintaining or increasing flexibility especially when bulking up, but should been done as its own exercise with rest afterwards.
- 3131s 6y ago
  Static stretching should be avoided at the beginning of a workout. I had assumed this was about sprinting in the sense of running as fast as possible, which would be absolutely insane to do without a warmup. I take around 20 minutes to warm up for sprinting, doing very specific exercises to prepare. On a stationary bike though, because the range of motion is much more controlled, I can see it being a little less of an issue.
  - huffmsa 6y ago
    Since you're doing this every 12 minutes, you'd stay relatively warm all day. American football players don't need to warm up every time they come off the sidelines
    - 3131s 6y ago
      But they do... lots of teams have stationary bikes on the sidelines. No athlete would sit motionless for 12 minutes in the middle of a competition, not too mention that players would go through a much longer warm up before the game. But I agree that going full force very briefly on a stationary bike with no warmup is probably fine for most people.
      - huffmsa 6y ago
        Fair, but a lot of them do sit on the bench and do some moderate walking at most. I'd expect people doing these regular sprints to be more aware of their body and move around more in anticipation of the next set.

Don't we need to warm up before doing any max intensity exercise to prevent injury.

by zebnyc 6y ago

Don't we need to warm up before doing any max intensity exercise to prevent injury.

I've read conflicting information about warming up over the years but it at least appears to me that the consensus is slowly moving away from several common exercises such as stretching, which apparently even seems to have negative effects.

swader999 6y ago
Stretching will decrease strength immediately after. Dynamic warm-ups where you work up to the range of motion of play is what you want. Greasing the groove is another method to Google. Stretching is useful to increase range of movement if you don't have enough for a given sport. Injury prevention is more focused on eliminating muscle imbalances.
AngryData 6y ago
It is mostly deep stretching before exercise that seems to be the biggest target. Light quick stretching should still be fine to prevent injury. Deep stretching is only good for maintaining or increasing flexibility especially when bulking up, but should been done as its own exercise with rest afterwards.
3131s 6y ago
Static stretching should be avoided at the beginning of a workout. I had assumed this was about sprinting in the sense of running as fast as possible, which would be absolutely insane to do without a warmup. I take around 20 minutes to warm up for sprinting, doing very specific exercises to prepare. On a stationary bike though, because the range of motion is much more controlled, I can see it being a little less of an issue.
- huffmsa 6y ago
  Since you're doing this every 12 minutes, you'd stay relatively warm all day. American football players don't need to warm up every time they come off the sidelines
  - 3131s 6y ago
    But they do... lots of teams have stationary bikes on the sidelines. No athlete would sit motionless for 12 minutes in the middle of a competition, not too mention that players would go through a much longer warm up before the game. But I agree that going full force very briefly on a stationary bike with no warmup is probably fine for most people.
    - huffmsa 6y ago
      Fair, but a lot of them do sit on the bench and do some moderate walking at most. I'd expect people doing these regular sprints to be more aware of their body and move around more in anticipation of the next set.