Generalized warm-up

[anthrax]

What's the final consensus on warm-up ?

A] A generalized warm-up help raise body temperature and help increase synovial fluid in the joints

B] A generalized warm-up will weaken you
a specific warm-up with the first exercice is much better

 

[InTraining]

I warm up with the first exercise I am doing and go from there...

Some people prefer maybe 2-3 mins of cardio before hitting the weights to warm up, I've never looked at this as being necessary...

I feel ready to go after 3-4 warm up sets with my 1st exercise and 1-2 with my next exercises

 

[big4life]

I think that it depends more on what you were doing before going to the gym. If you have been sitting in an office all day or just woke up, then I would look at about 10-12 minutes of walking on the treadmill. If you have just finished working at a physical job then I would do a couple sets of warmups on the exercise that you're planning to do.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

i stretch my entire body every morning for 15 minutes and thoroughly stretch the body part im going to work on that day before i head to the gym..then warm up with whatever my first exercise is..if your including lots of compound moves in ur routine no need for cardio to warmup!!

 

[The_first_athlete]

Like big4life said.

But since Im really rusty during the day, I do 5-8 of the elliptical.

 

[dirty~d~]

I've always stuck to 2 minutes on the rope, followed by a complete stretching session. I've never felt weak until the end of my lifting. On leg days I usually skip the rope jumping and just stretch thoroughly.