Upper/lower body warm-ups for Maximum Strength

Griffty Cent · 10-20-2009, 08:26 PM

Hey guys,

I'm in the middle of Maximum Strength, in Week 5, and I've been pretty faithful to the warm-ups so far.

On occasion I won't have time to do everything, so on upper-body days I'll focus on the upper-body warm-ups, and on lower-body days I'll do the lower-body stuff.

I try to stay as close to it as possible, but some times there's not time for everything.

Is there any reason why I need to do ankle mobs and calf lacrosse ball stuff on bench day?

Lost Dog · 10-21-2009, 01:01 AM

Not specifically, but the more often you do these things, the better you get at them and the more mobile you stay. You could just as well do them at home and on off days.

AS · 10-21-2009, 11:16 AM

For the 1st month or so I did the complete warmups regularly, but after that I would skip alot of the lower body warmup on upper body days. I still tried to do some lower body stretching outside the gym though.

Griffty Cent · 10-22-2009, 05:41 AM

thanks, that's what i've been trying to do. I'll do the thoracic extensions and throw in some cat-camels no matter what i'm doing that day.