Welcome to the new weekly exercise thread. I will try to remember to post these every week unless asked to stop. lol. Anything exercise related you want to talk about but not feel like making an actual post can go here. Want to brag or complain? Have questions or concerns? Just talk about your weekly fitness happenings? What you listening to while you work out? Anything at all.
I slightly injured my lower back while squatting because I didn’t warm up properly. It’s feeling a bit better now but it’s a drag. Learn from my mistake comrades, a gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure.
My warm-ups on lower body workouts sometimes are longer than the actual workout. Biggest muscles on the body, they have to be respected
Right? My warm up is 15 minute, 1mile walk. Then at least 30-45 minutes of stretches and exercises to wake the muscles up. Then my lifts take only a couple minutes for east set.
Stretch stretch stretch. My physical therapist gave me a bunch of lower back and leg stretches to do every day and as long as I always do them after a little 10 minutes warm up walk or something I feel so much better and haven’t hurt myself again. I do them before the workout.
You’re absolutely right. I’m gonna make this adjustment. A proper warmup is key.