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  • hnsaunde
    hnsaunde Posts: 757 Member
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    5/3/1 has warmup sets built in, but pre weights, I do cardio (rowing for upper body days and treadmill for lower body days) until I just start to sweat (usually 5 min or so), and then I do Joe DeFranco's Limber 11 warmup:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSDLDhbacc
  • redheadmommy
    redheadmommy Posts: 908 Member
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    I either walk or bike to the gym and I consider that some degree of warmup. If I walk that is about 7-8 minutes and do lunges and stretches on the way. When I bike I add an extra loop so it will be at least 5 minutes.
    I also do arm circles, above head arm stretches, chest extensions for warming up the upper body, it maybe 2 minutes.
    For lower body I do a coupe of minutes various stretches like : quad pull, hamstring pull and just bending over my legs.
    Plus a do 3 warmup set for everything except deadlift. 1 with the bar, and 2 sets with weight between the bar and my working sets.

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