💪 How I Warm Up For EVERY Training Session

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Warming Up for Optimal Performance: A Daily Routine to Get Your Body Ready for CrossFit

Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a newcomer to CrossFit, a proper warm-up is essential to ensuring a safe and effective workout. My warm-up routine includes a combination of foam rolling, banded stretches, and dynamic movements to prepare your muscles and joints for the demands of CrossFit. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started.

Foam Rolling: Start by using a foam roller to release tension in key areas, such as your calves, hamstrings, glutes, hips, quads, lats, and triceps. Make sure to roll perpendicular to the muscle fibers to get the most out of your foam rolling sessions.

Banded Stretches: Next, move on to banded stretches, like the banded runner stretch and banded pigeon, to improve mobility and flexibility in your hips and legs.

Hip Halo Warm-up: Our hip halo warm-up includes sideways walking, forward walking, backward walking, glute bridges (double and single leg), and bird dogs to activate the muscles in your hips and legs.

Squats: Incorporating squats into your warm-up is a great way to build strength and stability in your legs and hips. Also… I like to spend some time holding onto the rig in a deep squat, and work on ankle and hip mobility by dynamically shifting weight from side to side.

Crossover Symmetry: To prepare your upper body for pulling and rowing movements, use crossover symmetry exercises like the row, reverse fly, pull down, 90/90, and scaption.

By following this routine, you'll be able to reduce the risk of injury and get the most out of your workouts. Happy warming up!

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