We warm up for a reason…
When muscles are cold and don’t have blood flowing through them well, the chance for injury is much higher. When we warm up, we focus on movements that move the body through a full range of motion, this allows the joints to get loose, and the muscles to get blood flowing through them, so that they can function properly.
It’s very common for a person that is not warmed up to tear a muscle or injure a joint.
For example, many people between the age of 35-50 that are kind of athletic choose to participate in things like kick ball, or softball, or volley ball. Many times a proper warm up is skipped and the results that are common are muscle injuries or tendon tears. The calves, and achilles tendons are some of the most common.
Also, if you come late to class you are missing the warm up we designed specifically for this purpose, so it’s very important to do your best to get to class on time. Participate fully in the warm up, and do whatever you personally need to do to get ready for movement.
If you’re planning on doing anything mildly athletic, I recommend you spend a solid 5 minutes doing some movements that gets blood flowing and preps the joints for movement. Trust me your joints will thank you!
5-10-16
Strength:
Clean and Jerk
Met Con:
Toes To bar/ KTE x 3
High Hang Clean and Jerk x 3
Add 2 reps to each round for example round 2 is 5 reps of each, round 3 is 7 reps of each.
As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes