How Do You Warm Up?

This is part five of an eight part series titled "8 Principles of the Defined Fitness Training Philosophy". Over the next eight weeks we will be writing a short post about each part of the training philosophy we use here are DF and make part of each workout.


Number Five: Do A Dynamic Warm Up

Most people think of the warm up as just some light stretches and maybe a lap or two around the track. However, if this is all that you are doing you are selling yourself short.

At Defined Fitness we like to have all of our members go through what is called a "Dynamic Warm Up". This type of warm up takes us through all of your bodies movements patterns and helps to bring blood into the muscles, increase heart rate, and get you ready for what is about to come. This is also a time for us to work on some corrective exercises, typically for the hips and shoulders, that will improve your posture and help to prevent injuries.

Unlike, the quick lap around the track and hamstring stretches most people do before they workout. A good Dynamic Warm Up will take about 10-12 minutes to complete and will start with some foam rolling and stretching and then move into bigger movements, like squats, core work, and jumping jacks.

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