Alternative General Warm-up
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There is no one perfect warm up. How much of a warm up you need will depend on things like your age, the time of day, or how you're feeling on a particular day. Below are some exercises you can do for a warm up to prepare for any of the lactic of alactic sessions.
In general, you just want to do progress from less intense movement to movement that is the same intensity of the workout you will be doing. You'll see I start with mobility drills and move into sprint and multidirectional movement drills. There are about a million options to choose from for warm-up drills. Feel free to wander from what is presented below.
Some Mobility First
- Five Point Lunge
- High Knee Hugs
- Walking Quad Stretch
- Three Point SLDL or combo of 3 and 4 in the Walking quad stretch plus SLDL
Now warm up the body
- Power Skips
- High Knees
- Butt Kicks
- Cariocas
- Shuffles
- Leprechaun Skips
- Zombie Kicks
- Five step bursts