my hot take is before a training run you do not need to do various leg swinging and hip opening and sweeping the grass exercises unless you are doing one of those GRWM tiktoks. your first mile is the warm up.
Damn, this is kinda spicy. And probably true for a lot of people, but definitely not me. Even on an easy run, the difference between loosening my hips and glutes before the run is whether my back tightens up on me around mile 2 or not. My goal is to get to a point where I can just step outside and ease into a run with little else beforehand.
I also agree with this one. If someone is going to stretch, it’s better to do something dynamic than static. Usually for me, miles one and two are my warm up.
my hot take is before a training run you do not need to do various leg swinging and hip opening and sweeping the grass exercises unless you are doing one of those GRWM tiktoks. your first mile is the warm up.
Lacing up my shoes is all the stretching I need before an easy pace run.
And a bit of easy pace running is all the stretching I need before a hard run.
Congratulations on being in your twenties
Fifties, actually, but thanks for playing.
Diaphragmatic warm up prior to a run are worth a lot more bang for your buck imo, and is often neglected.
Damn, this is kinda spicy. And probably true for a lot of people, but definitely not me. Even on an easy run, the difference between loosening my hips and glutes before the run is whether my back tightens up on me around mile 2 or not. My goal is to get to a point where I can just step outside and ease into a run with little else beforehand.
Unless you’re old and are coming out of a decade of sedentary, desk-job life! 🤣
I tell you what; That 20 minutes of static stretching and mobility warmups are so the first mile is even possible!
I’d love to be able to just step out and go again.
I just do a few squats some knee bends and go.
We will see where I am when i hit 45
On easy runs sure. But if you are doing hard workouts, I find a mile warm up is too short.
I also agree with this one. If someone is going to stretch, it’s better to do something dynamic than static. Usually for me, miles one and two are my warm up.
When I go to parkrun I notice that loads of old people have stretching routines.
Makes you wonder about the ones who stopped going.
Are you by chance young? Hard to imagine someone who’s over 30 believing what you said
My group has a spot that is just short of one mile where we all stop and stretch for a couple of minutes.