 Hey everybody, I'm Lance Goyke and today I want to discuss the importance of warming up and I want to discuss it solely in the perspective of energy systems development and energy systems in the body I don't really want to talk about all the good mobility and movement stuff that it gets you because I think that can get really really intricate What I want to talk about today is our theme of energy systems and we've already discussed The importance of the aerobic system. That's that's the system that needs oxygen to make energy. That's the system that's you know making most of your Energy throughout the day in period and throughout most exercise, especially repetitive exercise If I just sprint for two minutes and then I stop and maybe you know during the exercise It wasn't that big a deal. It's still somewhat of a big deal But maybe it wasn't that big a deal during those two minutes But the aerobic system is going to help you recover from that two-minute sprint, which is got to be so nauseating And it's gonna help you, you know keep living after your workout Now let's get back to the task at hand. That is warming up the whole idea Physiologically behind warming up is they start to get that aerobic system going so the aerobic system has So many steps I should count them someday it had it's the most complicated of All of there are three energy systems, right? Remember we have our alactic anaerobic system We have our lactic anaerobic system, and then we have our aerobic system. That's the one that requires oxygen So we need to keep breathing during our warm-ups, but we also need to get the muscles moving We have to start increasing the demand of energy because otherwise there's nothing to say Hey aerobic system, you need to start revving up mitochondria. Let's get going You need to start moving some hydrogen nions around So that is you know the biggest purpose of it So for the warm-up if I if I just do mobility stuff, I'm probably not putting much demand on that energy I'm probably not asking for much energy, and so I'm not you know Stimulating the increase in energy. I'm not getting that I'm not jump-starting that aerobic system So what I need to be able to do is just do some general cardio If you're a powerlifter you might not want to hop on the bike I get that but make sure you do a bunch of warm-up sets so that your muscles are not only is your brain used to the pattern But also your muscles are used to contracting and not just your muscles But all of your muscles and not just contracting but the timing of the contractions as well So there's a lot going on there, but if I do an effective warm-up I don't have to you know start out really slowly when I you know The example that I have here is a marathon If I've only got you know three hours to run a marathon I don't want to spend the first five or 15 minutes Kind of running at a slower pace so that my legs don't gas out I want to be pretty warmed up So it's not about conserving your energy at that point your body has the energy You just have to teach it how to mobilize it And so just doing a warm-up bypass is a big part of that limitation there, which is My aerobic system is slow to start it is Not producing a whole lot of energy right off the bat So if I can take that you know Negative five minutes before my activity starts and I can start moving around a lot maybe even 15 minutes Then I can get not just energy going but I can get the temperature up so all of these Biochemical processes work better