ARE WARM-UPS REALLY THAT IMPORTANT?
Picture this scenario: You just walked into the gym, all jazzed up on caffeine and hair metal. It’s squat day and you’re ready to crush it. You look over the workout, check your squat numbers from last week, load up the same weight, jump under the bar and knock out your first set of the day. Unfortunately there’s a critical mistake here, and we see it ALL. THE. TIME. Did ya catch it? No warm-up sets! This is a little bit like stepping out of bed in the morning then breaking into a full sprint, you could do it, but it’s probably not going to be a very effective start to the day and there’s a very real chance of you hurting yourself. ....
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