This is probably one of my favourite discussions. I don’t know how many times a day I hear “but I don’t want to waste my energy” in response to why people aren’t doing the warm up. Let’s discuss the importance of a warm up shall we…

The warm up has two specific purposes in my books. One, it literally warms up/increases the temperature of the muscles you’ll be using. Two, it serves as an assessment to how your body is feeling today. If you warm up properly, you’ll be ready for any workout that comes your way based on your abilities for that day, hopefully somewhere along the lines of giving “100% of what you have” for that day. If you don’t assess how you feel and get the body ready, you could be setting yourself up for injury.

While you warm up, assess your body and muscles as to what’s going on. Are you sore, stiff, tired, lazy or are you, loose, ready, strong, fired up? Knowing this will greatly affect your outcome in the WOD. If you’re down, you’re going to need a lot more time in the warm up to get your body ready. If you’re up and the fire’s hot, it’s time for cooking! If you learn to properly assess how you feel and approach the workout accordingly, you’ll achieve much more in the long run.

Burpee’s to 1 foot above reach.