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

So you're getting the local warm up , you're also getting the , the total systemic activation , everything else is going on there . So that is what would be considered to be a general warm up . Five minutes .

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

Fair point . We generally think about warm ups in a couple of ways . This is a really , actually , this is a very clever question .

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

This is a really , actually , this is a very clever question . You want to have some sort of general global warm up scheme . Uh We tend to prefer dynamic warm ups .

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

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 ? The you've already sort of jumped the gun with both my answer .

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 .