Warm Ups - The Dos & Don’ts of Lifting

<p>Matt and Scott discuss why we warm up and how to properly warm up.</p> <p>Warm ups--like much with lifting--can come with lots of confusion and misinformation. First, why do we warm up?</p> <p>We warm up to warm up the tissues, so this is the general purpose of warm up. We also warm up to practice the movement and prepare our neuromuscular system for the work sets, including the fact that as we add weight the center of mass shifts closer to the barbell, so the correct performance of the lift actually qualitatively changes.</p> <p>...