3. Your warm up should get your heart pumping. While you’re raising your body temperature, you should also be raising your heart rate to increase blood flow and help get the necessary oxygen and nutrients to those soon-to-be-working muscles. So if you don’t feel your heart speeding up slightly, step up your warm up routine!
4. The more intense the workout, the more intense the warm up should be. If you’re going to be jumping around, prepare your muscles with jumping jacks or squat jumps. If you’re sprinting, warm up with a light jog to prepare yourself for the pressure you’re about to put on those legs!
5. Warm up before all types of exercise. Even if you’re just going for a speed walk or doing a simple strength routine, you should still do a short warm up routine to wake your body up and get the heart ready to power that workout!
Sharita J is a certified group fitness instructor, runner, hiker, and health and fitness blogger. You can check out her blog at www.getfitlikethat.com for workouts and healthy tips, and you can visit her classes throughout the Washington D.C. area. She will help you work up a sweat with a smile! Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @getfitlikethat