[Bubby]

It is a quick question asking the people out there what they do as a warm up down the gym.

I currently do 10 min on the treadmill as a warm up but many of my friends are saying it is too much.

I am trying to add a bit of muscle as well as tone.

So what do you do as a warm up?????

[cid]

Its not too much at all, don't worry. Warm ups should be 5 - 10 minutes of low intensity exercise, try to warm up the whole body, but at the very least incorporate all the muscles you plan to be working.

Depends where i am, and what the gyms offers, i quite like the rowing machine, low resistance, just to get the blood flowing, if you are going to be lifting, you can perform the exercise with low weights to warm yourself up too.

[Thebigfudge85]

Just do what your body tells you, If you feel warmed up after 5 then go to your workout, If it's 10 do it . no one cane tell you what the ideal warm up time is. Listen to your body and act accordingly.

[Bubby]

See that is what I was thinking. Maybe I am going at it too hard on the Treadmill and treating it more like a cardio session before doing weights.

My plan is to do something like Cross trainer or rowing machine for 5-7 min then hit the weights.

[don_lad_]

for my warm up down the gym i like to warm in out the gym, warm cold hot the gym and then do a little liight warm behind in front of the gym

[Bubby]

Nice play on words there.