A look at warming up and flexibility.

Before you begin any medium and high intensity exercise you should fully warm up the body, with focus on the areas being used. As well as getting muscles exercise ready, you can think about different directions of movement. Most of the time exercises are performed in a forward motion, but a warm up should cover all directions. This is because most exercises are not purely one direction, and some of these large forward pushing movements require stability from smaller muscles.

• Basic mobility (loosen up joints and get you ready for progress) 2-3 minutes

• Dynamic Warm up (mobility and some balance/strength) 5-10 minutes

• General Flexibility, Stretches. Each stretch 30-90seconds hold.