What's the Best Way to Warm Up for a Workout? | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

For example , volume is the primary driver in hypertrophy . Intensity is the primary driver in speed , power and strength . All right .

What's the Best Way to Warm Up for a Workout? | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Are you also gonna tell me it has to be done between three and 5 p.m. Uh So in terms of in all seriousness , what does a good warm up look like ? And I realize this will vary depending on how cool your training environment is time of day , et cetera . But as a kind of umbrella for a good warm up , what should people do ?

What's the Best Way to Warm Up for a Workout? | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So there is a ton of variation that goes in that I can give you some guidelines though . You need to differentiate if you're training for speed , power strength or approach speed . Here's what if we understand a little bit about what's causing the adaptation that's going to tell you what you need to do or avoid .

What's the Best Way to Warm Up for a Workout? | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So let's say your first exercise was , uh , a front squat and you got loader for that and now you're gonna move into a pull up , but your mechanics aren't the best there . And so you really need to change and do some , maybe more specific activation , warm ups for that or something else or it's running or , or something totally different . So , yeah , you don't learn to rewarm up for every single exercise as you go .

What's the Best Way to Warm Up for a Workout? | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

You want to have some sort of general global warm up scheme . Uh We tend to prefer dynamic warm ups . So this is whole body movements rather than like sitting and stretching , uh static stretching , things like that .