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Hey ladies, advice and information needed
cherise106
Posts: 23 Member
Hi am looking to start sl 5x5 on 1st October, am currently 10st 5lb but want to get down to 9st would this be possible just doing sl or should/can I do cardio as well. Also when starting how should I warm up as I will be starting my sl with the empty bar. I haven't lifted weights before but I do metafit which is body weight exercises. Thanks
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my warmup is usually:
- ride to the gym
- 12-sets of broomstick 'dislocates' to check my shoulders. don't push this, if you need really wide hands go ahead and do it.
- 12-sets of band pulls to warm up back muscles. this is a resistance band that you hold at about bench-press level and then stretch with straight arms until it touches your chest
- alternate those two until i've done at least three sets of each.
those are the staples that i always do. for less-consistent extras i usually do some air squats, but other people i lift with are much more responsible about lower-body warmups. they do figure-4 stretches for glutes, hip circles and front-hip stretches etc, depending on their own bodies' needs.
and personally, i like planks and two or three sets of glute bridges.0
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