Think Fit. Be Fit.

In this episode of Lab of You- the best ways to warm up- Jenn covers the necessity of a warm-up that can help with injury prevention and priming a meaningful workout.  Jenn Schwartz of Impact Your Fitness, believes that exercise can be enjoyable, healthy, fun, and beneficial without being painful or questionable.     You don't need to reinvent the wheel to formulate a quality warm-up.  It can be as simple as being more precise in your workout intentions and implementing a congruent and progressive exercise strategy.   Think of warm ups as transitions- mentally and physically- to a health-inducing or arduous sport-arousing workout.   Here's the 3 step process with the end in mind that exercise should feel good and that some self-experimentation could be the key to a solid warm-up.  Compare and take note of your 'range of motion', what's available on the left side of the body vs the right and vice versa  Mobilize the tight areas, if necessary, and identify the safe zone for moving optimally  Optimize