10 Minute Warmup Before Exercising
Warming up before exercising is a great way to prepare your body for the workout that is about to happen. When you warm up, it increases your heart rate, increases blood flow to the muscles you are usings, and prepares the muscles for the work it is about to do. This can help prevent injuries that could otherwise happen without warming up properly. A good way to warm up is to use the muscles you are going to use during your workout but in a lighter and less intense way to help wake those muscles or groups of muscles up for the exercises. Here are a few examples to try when warming up.
- Walking or cycling for 5 minutes.
- Body weight squats.
- Body weight lunges.
- Arm circles.
- Inchworms.
- Wall push ups or bent knee push ups on the floor.
- Jumping jacks.
By completing this warm up, you can get your full body ready to move and perform exercises. This is a general outline that can get you started but feel free to adapt the warm up to the kind of workout you are going to do. For example, if your workout is more upper body based, then you can incorporate a more specific warm up to the muscles you are going to use during the workout. No matter what kind of workout you do, it is a good idea to prepare your mind and body for the workout by first completing a warmup.
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