warming up

[anthrax]

Stretching is not the way to go
Running on the treadmill ..... forget about it

So, you just do your first movement with light weights

for how long do you warm up before adding "real" weights ?

 

[LeanMeanHockeyMachine]

IMO you should warm up for 5 mins on the cardio machine of your choice, just to get the joints loosened up and the heart rate going. When lifting weights I normally do one warm up set at 50% of my 1RM. I'm not sure if that's the correct way of doing it, but it works for me.

 

[solidg]

do one light warm up set if you are using a bar

dum bells I dont think you need to warm up with