Prep the body properly!

For many people a warm up simply consists of 5 minutes on a cardio machine and just a few stretches. This is not always very efficient or effective. One warm up that we employ at Puravida Fitness was developed by Chuck Wolf,  a guru in the fitness field, called the "Flexibility Highways".  You are basically stretching every muscle in your body in every direction in 5 minutes!  Unlike static stretching which can actually shut the muscles down (not something that you want to happen before exercise) the "Flexibility Highways" warmup utilizes active stretching which prepares the body to move.  We made a short video detailing the 4 exercises involved in this warm up.  Check it by clicking the link below and go to the multimedia training center under videos to see this warm up. Give it a try before any exercise that you do.

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