Simple Warm-Ups to Prepare Your Body for Exercise at Home

Before you break out the resistance bands and crush your home workout, it’s important to get a good warm-up in. When you warm up properly, you will increase 3 important “rates” in your body:
   1. Blood-Flow-Rate
   2. Heart-Rate
   3. Breathing-Rate

When these 3 rates increase, your entire body will become more mobile. Your central nervous system will achieve a heightened state of awareness. Your joints will experience improved ranges-of-motion. Your tendons and ligaments will become more elastic in response to pressure.

In short, you will become an upgraded version of yourself. Lucky for you, warm-ups are not complicated. They are quick, easy, and effective.

Pick a handful of warm-ups, put on some music, and fly through them. Go with the flow. See how you feel. Do as much or as little as you need until you are ready to perform.

Please note: I recommend you start each workout with a quick warm-up (3-5 min) and mobility session (3-5 min). Explore my home mobility archive to find movements that mimic the exercises in your routine.

These exercises will work best when periodized into an effective training program. If you need help creating your personalized plan for success, please consider coaching.

*Don’t forget to save the demo videos to your smartphone for future reference.   Troubleshooting: Try using Safari as your web-browser. Press and hold the “DOWNLOAD” button under the video, then click “Download Linked File” to save.