Research
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Warm-ups should be restricted to exercise-specific movements, and stretching should only be prioritized if the goal is to increase flexibility.
Skip generic warm-ups and static stretching unless you want more flexibility. Instead, do a few light sets of your specific exercises to warm up.
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Finally, we advise restricting the warm-up to exercise-specific warm-ups, and only prioritize stretching if the goal of training is to increase flexibility.
Why this rating
Based on narrative review.
Source
No Time to Lift? Designing Time-Efficient Training Programs for Strength and Hypertrophy: A Narrative Review
Vegard Moe Iversen et al. · Sports Medicine · 2021
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