What is one of the ways to decrease the risk of injury massively? WARMING UP! And I’m not talking about just doing 5mins of the stationary bike to get you warmed up for a heavy squat. I’m talking about mobilization, activation, stretching and lift specific warm ups. I want to focus on the later today… How is it that people think 5 mins of cardio is an adequate warm up before they start throwing the weight on the bar for heavy squats, deadlifts, push’s or pull’s? It is simply just not adequate!!! Wow, congratulations you increased your heart rate! Maybe your joints are a little looser now too! Solid work! Now you need to realise that warmups are motor program specific. What this means is now that you’ve warmed up on the bike, your body is ready for an intense bike ride, not a heavy lift. This is why you NEED to do MOVEMENT SPECIFIC WARMUPS. Your nervous system needs to wake up and remember how to perform the movement. It needs to effectively begin recruiting each and every muscl
