@jesusloverr
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I wonder, how often do you move throughout the day?
Not much at all. I'm actually not near as active as people would think. I ditched all the extra movement stuff I was doing long ago so on off days, I go for a walk sometimes and that's it. I spend a lot of my day on the computer answering emails, making post, writing comments, answering messages, on reddit etc and then in my free time, I tend to watch TV and play video games (currently watching Bojack Horseman and playing the new Hyrule Warriors with my wife)
I think that perhaps the more a person moves generally throughout their daily life the ābetter greasedā their muscles and joints are, meaning theyāre better prepared to suddenly begin exercising. Compare that to most modern sedentary people who spend 8+ hours of their day sitting, and over time their bodies would become horrendously tight and unable to quickly adapt to exercise without said warm up
I thought this too at first but then I realized I had so many trainees who were desk workers who would commute to come train with me and still do no warm-up that it was kind not showing itself to be as true as I thought. I really think it's more in the dosage. Again, I'm really strict about making sure people walk into each session feeling GOOD (as in not achy and sore still). If that doesn't happen, we wait until they do.
I often see your anti-warm up posts
Haha that's what I mean. I don't want to seem like I am anti-warmup. Just anti lack of nuance. No warm-up doesn't automatically equal injury. There are circumstances where replication is showing that isn't as true as it seems. But I DEFINITELY don't want people to get the idea that warm-ups are USELESS. I gave that idea in the past. Trying to fix it now and be more nuanced.
But Iām super intimidated by the risk of injury or even possible reduced ability (whether that be strength or ROM).
Are you training with the circumstances I listed above? If not, I would be careful about trying it anyway. But if you are, don't even think of it as fully eliminating your warm-up. Just think of it as starting at higher and higher loads. One day, you may find you don't need one at all. But even if you don't, you'll find you're MUCH more capable cold than before and that's cool in itself. There is something awesome about knowing your body can perform WHENEVER you want. Not just under perfect conditions.
Anecdotally I certainly do feel for things like handstands if I do only a short warmup for my wrists, they feel super tight for the first 5 minutes or until they naturally become warmed up through my workout. But Iāve never really tried it with other exercises.
Yeah this is what I mean. So over time, this can get better and better (if you are under those circumstances I mentioned...) and you can start it without a warm-up and your wrist feel good FROM the start. But if not or if you HS more often and have to start sessions stiff and achy, you might want a warm-up before.