The Right Way to Warm up for Consistently Stronger Weightlifting
Warming up here does not apply to quick lateral bends, hamstring stretches, and shoulder circles. There is a specific warm-up method for each strength exercise. It’s not hard: start easy and work your way up . Then, as the weight increases, the number of repetitions decreases.
Your warm-up sets are designed to ensure that your “real” work sets are always the strongest and best for the workout. This will help you know if you are getting stronger and getting better over time. But how do you know if you’re ready for your work sets? Unfortunately, this depends on training and your training experience, but Unapologetically Powerful at least gives you this general template that you can use and customize to suit your individual training session:
1 × 10 with blank strip 1 × 8 1 × 5 1 × 3 1 × 1 The work sets are starting!
Each subsequent approach should be harder. Note that the number of repetitions decreases as you transfer more weight to the bar . Plus, you don’t need that many warm-up sets of 3 sets of 10 reps rather than 3 sets of 1 reps. And one of the most important things to understand is that “heavy” is not just a weight on a barbell. It can also be something that seems difficult for you on this day.
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