346 | Should You Be Doing Warm Ups? What's Effective? What's Not?

Do you warm-up? At times, warm-ups feel unimportant or a waste of time, however, DocJen & Dr. Dom break the confusion in this episode. With a high emphasis on specificity, they explain the importance of strategically warming up the body to prepare for the upcoming movement, how to appropriately activate the body before exercise sessions, whether stretching is really that bad before movement, and how you can optimize your warm-ups for injury prevention. Let’s dive in! Join Our Move 2 Improve Challenge Combine strength and HIIT with our deep core work and mobility to understand how you can begin moving optimally for YOU! Curated for EVERYONE with modifications or progressions, especially if you're pregnant or want to build back that strength post-partum - DocJen has got you! Let's focus on that top-end Strength & Power to build strong healthy joints in less than 30 minutes a day! We've got educational webinars from different health specialists and the ability to win prizes as well! Receive an exclusive bonus for you as our podcast listener by plugging in 'OPTIMAL20" ⁠Join Us Here⁠! LMNT Discount Code: Fuel every system within the body and the brain with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LMNT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Keep yourself hydrated on a cellular level by replenishing the sodium, potassium, and magnesium our body needs for basic cellular processes like nerve signalling, smooth muscle contractions, unnecessary fatigue, aches and pain, brain fog, and recovery! Get a free gift with every purchase and try some new flavours as you stay hydrated! ⁠⁠⁠Get Your Free Gift Here!⁠ What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl: 2:30 - Do warm-ups prevent injury. 5:00 - Research around warm-ups. 6:41 - Physiology behind passive warm-ups. 8:30 - How to actively warm up. 11:45 - Warm-ups and injury prevention 14:00 - Can you stretch before workouts? 16:00 - Are we sure we shouldn’t stretch before workouts? 18:50 - Example warm-up: how to warm up for a lower body strength workout To Watch the PT Pearl on YouTube, click here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/watch/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message