The goal is to warm up your muscles and to get your joints lubricated. I like the following warm-up exercises, but as long as your muscles are getting pliable and your joints are feeling “loose”….feel free to do your own thing…as long as it gets the job done.
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5 Minutes of the following 4 Mobility Exercises:
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1. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way up to your neck, gently make circles with all of your joints – 10 revolutions each joint in each direction
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2. Rolling Like A Ball
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3. Shin Box
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4. Lateral Lunges
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5 Minutes of the following Muscle Warm-Up Exercises
I am going to list a bunch of exercises. You choose which ones you want to do….remembering that the goal is to warm up the muscles and make them pliable and ready to handle the following workout
1 Arm Swing Snatch – Dumbbell or kettlebell – choose a light weight – the goal is to warm-up
Bodyweight Squat
Step-Ups
Burpees
Push – Ups
BW Rows
Jumping Chins
Shuffle Lunges
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PHASE 2
The HH Quasi Bodybuilder/Athlete/Freak of Nature Workout ver 1.0
Superset #1
2 exercises per superset
6 sets per exercise
8 reps per set
30 seconds rest between sets
Choose a weight that will challenge you to just get the 8th rep on the last set
If you make 8 reps on set #6, increase the weight a little bit the following week
Perform the “work” part of each exercise as quickly and powerfully as possible
I recommend that before each set of Exercise #1, you do a 2-5 reps of a light weight, explosive exercise which works the same muscles as the work set (ex. jumping up & down before doing squats)
This will get your nervous system all charged up and help you perform better on the work set.
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Exercise #1
Sissy Squats, Front Squats or Goblet Squats
6 sets
8 reps per set
BW, Dumbbell, Kettlebell, Barbell
For the neural activation warm-up exercise, I would recommend Jumping up and down like a spaz
Exercise #2
Leg Press
6 sets
8 reps per set
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Superset #2
2 exercises per superset
6 sets per exercise
8 reps per set
30 seconds rest between sets
Choose a weight that will challenge you to just get the 8th rep on the last set
If you make 8 reps on set #6, increase the weight a little bit the following week
Perform the “work” part of each exercise as quickly and powerfully as possible
I recommend that before each set of Exercise #1, you do a 2-5 reps of a light weight, explosive exercise which works the same muscles as the work set (ex. jumping up & down before doing squats)
This will get your nervous system all charged up and help you perform better on the work set.
Exercise #1
Single Leg Deadlift
6 sets
8 reps per set
Dumbbell/Kettlebell or Bodyweight
For the neural activation warm-up exercise, I would recommend 4 reps of Explosive Broad Jumps
Exercise # 2
Leg Curl Machine
6 sets
8 reps per set
Dumbbells
Any leg curl machine is okay
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Superset #3
2 exercises per superset
6 sets per exercise
8 reps per set
30 seconds rest between sets
Choose a weight that will challenge you to just get the 8th rep on the last set
If you make 8 reps on set #6, increase the weight a little bit the following week
Perform the “work” part of each exercise as quickly and powerfully as possible
I recommend that before each set of Exercise #1, you do a 2-5 reps of a light weight, explosive exercise which works the same muscles as the work set (ex. jumping up & down before doing squats)
This will get your nervous system all charged up and help you perform better on the work set.
Exercise #1
Standing Calf Raise
6 sets
8 reps per set
Dumbbell/Barbell or Machine
For the neural activation warm-up exercise, I highly recommend 6 reps of Ankle Jumps
Exercise # 2
Seated Calf Machine
6 sets
8 reps per set
Machine
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PHASE 3
Stretching – minimum 10 minutes
Focus on the muscles you just worked, plus the ones that are tight on just about everyone….hip flexors, calves, hamstrings, chest, neck & traps
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NOTE
All 3 workouts will be posted on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
If you’re interested in gaining some size, perform each of these workouts 2x per week
It all depends on your goals
Instead of repeating these workouts, you can perform them a single time only – Mon, Wed, Fri and perform some other exercise on Tues, Thurs, Sat.
Doug Robb is a personal trainer, a fitness blogger and author, a competitive athlete, and a student of nutrition and exercise science. Since 2008, Doug has expanded his impact by bringing his real-world experience online via his health & fitness blog, Health Habits. Read more posts by Doug at Hive Health Media.