DeFrancosGym.com - Joe DeFranco's Upper body warm-up routine

Is there anything I can use in substitution for a foam roller?

he look a litle bit like dana white ufc prez

greate stuff, i was having a pain in my shoulders and after doing the shoulder stretch in the floor i almost stop feeling pain, i'm going to do this all the time before lifting. this stuff really works!

very helpful video, like all videos you posted.

i perform dislocation scapulae before and after each WO, it's helped me so much with shoulder pain (subacromial conflict).

the only thing I'd avoid is the static chest stretch before wo...I'd prefere after. If I perform it before, I find a decrease in strength on subsequent chest exercises.

this is the warm-up routine, but can i use it also as my upper body stretching routine on my off days?(wednsday and sunday) and even on my leg days?
that's what i do right now,

i remember how the first time i tried the should stretch i couldn't go half way through, now i can go all the way down easily.

Thank you for this video. This may be be just what I need.

Do you have any good stretches for the lower traps and rhomboids? They are constantly stiff on me, especially in the mornings.

thank you,

Joe,
I was under the impression that you should do more dynamic stretching pretraining and static stretching post-training. While you do mostly dynamic stretching in the video above you also do a static hold with the rubber band. Any reason for this? Wouldn't the hold be better post workout? THanks and keep up the great work.

Joe, I have one of your training dvds. In it you only do dynamic style stretching for your upper back. I was under the impression that static stretching was better left for post training stretching. I only ask because you do some holds with the band.

Joe,
In your Training DVD, you mention only the dynamic stretches. Are you now recommending static stretches for your pecs before your Upper Body workout? I was under the impression Static stretches were better after a workout.