WORKOUT VIDEO: 5-Minute Warm Up for At Home Workouts
This 5-minute, follow-along video, walks you through the 14 best dynamic warm up exercises – designed to make your home workouts more effective + prevent injury!
An essential, but often skipped, part of your workout: THE WARM UP! In this 5-Minute Warm Up Video, I’ll instruct you through 14 basic dynamic stretches to prepare you for an at-home workout while also reducing the risk of injury. Follow along with this 5-minute warm up video before your next home workout!
FULL WORKOUT VIDEO: 5-Minute Warm Up for At Home Workouts
EQUIPMENT: Bodyweight
INSTRUCTIONS:
Your warm up may vary based on the type of workout you’re going to do {strength training, HIIT cardio, barre, lower body, upper body}, or recovering injuries you may have. That said, this warm up is pretty versatile and will prepare you for most workouts.
We’ll start with some dynamic stretches to prepare the body for full range movements. We’ll also add in some heart-rising cardio movements to get your blood pumping.
Use the workout video above, follow along with this 5-minute warm up in real time. I’ll coach you through 14 dynamic stretches and offer modifications and advanced options as we go. Alternatively, you can screenshot the exercise list below to guide you.
1. Mountain Pose + Baby Back Bend
2. Forward Fold + Crouch + Curl
3. Hands Overhead Squats + Low Pulse Squats
4. Plank Launcher
5. Runners Lunge + Twist + Shoulder Sweeps
6. 2 Pulse Plank Jump Switch
7. Hip Hinge Swings
8. Lateral Lunges
9. Skaters
10. Jumping Jacks
11. Alternating Punches
12. 2 Jumping Jacks + 2 Punches
13. High Knees
14. Butt Kicks
*See the full, 5-minute warm up video above for a demonstration of each warm up exercise.
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