When it comes to warming up most people will spend a few minutes doing some type of cardio exercise followed by a few static stretches. This post will look at dynamic stretching often referred to as functional flexibility as a way of warming up the body before exercise.

Dynamic stretching uses the force production of a muscle and the body’s momentum to take a joint through its full range of motion for example leg swings and walking lunges. I use this type of flexibility work with many of may clients as a pre-activity warm up as not only do these type of exercises help to raise the heart rate it also prepares the muscles specifically for the type of movements I will have them doing during a session, such as squats, lunges, rotations and presses etc.

Below are 5 dynamic stretches that you could try as part of your warm up.

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