I feel like a really weak point in my workouts is warming up. I never really know what to do for legs and lower body warmup. I almost never feel my quads getting pumped up either. Even when doing squats which is odd. I think its because I am a hip dominant squatter. I tried the platz variant squat which is supposed to be quad dominant and all that caused was intense right knee pain. Right above my knee actually. So I don't know what I am doing wrong. All my lower body workouts are always ass and I leave the gym feeling unaccomplished when I have to do lower body. I still do it but everything just feels so tight and bad. How do I even begin to work on this?
>>75732942Start doing mobility work and dynamic stretching. Try switching to full ROM versions of certain lifts, like atg squats, deep stiff leg deadlift etc. Static stretching is worth a try if it feels good but generally not very useful. A warm up set with 30 reps might work for you.The real redpill is yoga. Consider doing it once a week first, 15 minutes to start. Following a YouTube session will do. Your body will thank you. Don’t let all the chakra stuff bother you and keep an open mind. It has been a gamechanger for me and I do it on all my rest days. I don’t feel as tight anymore and in touch with my body.
>>75733030What exactly is yoga doing for the body? Not saying it won't work but I was curious as I have never done it.
>>75732942I don't warm up. I go into my work sets soon as I walk in the gym. Warming up is for kindergarteners, what do you want to do, jumping jacks? You want to line up in rows and columns and have someone yell at you to stretch? That's all a waste of time, non sense. Look, the point of strength training is to, if you find yourself in a situation like that, the point is to be able to lift or move a heavy weight immediately. You're not going to warm up when a car crashes on someone's leg and you're the only at the scene, and you have to move the car or the log or the telephone pole or whatever, you can't warm up. You gotta move the object otherwise the person dies. That's how you gotta think
"How to properly warm up" is not a question.
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>>75733054>focus on breathing (technique) which in return helps with lifting>become more flexible and achieve full ROM during lifts>more mental clarity and a sense of calmness (due to the breathing in my experience)>better balance >less stress and tension due to the relaxation I’m not a spiritual person by the way but it has helped me, it’s hard to explain. For example, first time during the chair pose I can feel my thighs are on fire. I feel that I’m uncomfortable and that there’s tension. Then you try to focus on breathing and relaxing, and I feel more in control and let the breathing do the work.
>>75732942i do a couple of arm swings and my first sets are light and i build up to my working weight. thats it
>>75732942abduction adduction, to loosen and warm up the hip, and a few leg extension sets for the knees.
>>75732942Warmups are a waste of limited ATP. Just go immediately into working sets. I've been doing that 30 years. Warmups are a meme for the weak minded.
>>75733067See, this guy gets it.
