I feel as though there is some sort of “warm up arms race” among new trainees. It’s all about who has the most hardcore warm up routines. I see folks bragging about how LONG it takes them to warm up.
I remember when we used to make fun of folks for taking a long time to warm up. We’d call them old.
You gotta appreciate the irony though.
How is foam rolling any less gay than bicep curling lol?
You’ll probably cringe but I currently don’t have a warm up routine. I’m going to start something to help my back but I always just did 1 set before each compiund as a warmup.
I use a foam roller to treat my chronic back issue and it’s been helping a lot. Never for a warm up though. I never stretch either…I stretch during the negative portion of a rep that’s it 
I have never stretched for lifting. Even when I did martial arts, I would just go through the motions.
I don’t have a warm up routine; I just start with the bar for the first movement of the day and then gradually add weight. These days, it’s a 25 or a 45 each time. I’m warming up my lower body a lot more than I used to since I’m coming back from ACL surgery.
Yeah same here. I usually ramp/pyramid up to a top set or two. I just do some reps with light dumbbells for the upper body and stretch my hamstrings for the lower body to warm up.
I don’t claim to be as big or strong as DT or Pwnisher, but my warm up may take me 5 minutes tops. I usually do a dynamic version of the movement I’m going to do. Then I ramp up to my working weight for my first exercise fairly quickly. If I’m really feeling stiff or struggling with something specific, I may do a few light sets of something to help it or just focus more on that muscle group on those warm up sets.
I genuinely don’t understand what extra work I would do or why.
Edit : I think this post missed my point which is that for me, spending extra time on a warm up is detrimental to the workout. It’s focus shifting and energy sapping
I don’t know how someone could not warm up at all. When I train I either just got out of bed or had been sitting still at work all day. I at LEAST have to stretch out my groin and hamstrings and do some shoulder dislocations. Then a few warm up sets with the bar before I pyramid up. It usually takes me 5 minutes to stretch out but still… I see a lot of people at my gym walk right in and start benching 135 then right to 225 with no stretching or warm up. I don’t wonder why they are constantly bitching about little aches and pains.
Its called the internet expert… Lets be honest on allot of forum you got allot of guys NOT speaking from experience and just repeating stuff they have read. Which is part of the reason there is so much confusion for some. This movie scene reminds me allot of the internet forums ( think of Dangerfirld as a experiance lifter with a few years under his belt and competition experiance)
Ah, yes, this is the other extreme I usually see.
The Bro Spot Bros! Exactly like you said, they start with 135 then jump to 225, get 1 rep and do 5 more with their spotter’s help for several sets. Not a very smart thing to do but these guys don’t last long this sport anyway. Probably won’t do much damage in the short term.
One of my favorite movies. Watched it a million times. Love that scene too, haha.
LOL… I can go on record I spend allot of time warming up before hand. But going on 45 soon Ive earned the right and not to be considered a pussy 
Haha my point was that if you are 18 and you already have to foam roll for 30mins because of nagging pain and injuries without even having built a respectable physique or numbers yet, what’s going to happen when you are in your 30s and 40s? There’s something that you are doing that’s terribly wrong for that to happen and it a lot to do with the strength vs hypertrophy bs.
I’ll be in my late thirties soon and I’ll probably be warming up a lot more at 45 so there’s no way I’m testing karma by calling anyone that age a pussy lest some fucker goes Bill Burr on me when that time comes. 
Bill Burr is the man, seen him live twice
this thread took a turn for the awesome. I’m handing out likes like roofies at a girl scout meet
Wait… don’t you do a lot of warm ups with clam shells and peeing dog poses and all that?
What are you? A faaaag???
haha! I used to but my back has been strong like bull these last few months, so I’ve not been bothering and I can actually do…
…sets of 3 or 5! Dun dun DUNNN. Training for strength now, bro.
I do still do a little shoulder warm up before pressing though. A fag, I am.
I showed that part to my boss the other day and we cried laughing. I love bill burr. I tune in to comedy radio on Pandora every day during my commute.
Don’t mean to go off the topic that went off topic.
If I were to incorporate an upper body warmup exercise such as dumbbell pullovers. What would you recommend for number of sets and reps. I was thinking 2 or 3 sets of 15 would be good.
Ok, first, there’s nothing wrong with warming up thoroughly for a longer time lol. I wrote that example to make the point that some current misconceptions of “strength training” can potentially cause premature problems for younger guys with less experience and the wrong mindset.
Second, you should warm up accordingly based on your own needs. If you have certain problems, be it muscular activation or joint issues, there’s a lot of stuff on this site that you can search for. Personally, I don’t even have a fixed warm up routine or count sets and reps and I do different things based on how I feel on different days.