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Zara

10 days ago · Training & Performance

the warm-up nobody talks about

Right so everyone bangs on about dynamic stretching and leg swings before training, which fine, yes, do that. But the thing that actually changed my sessions was spending like 3-4 minutes just hanging. Dead hang from the bar, passive, doing nothing. Shoulders decompress, lats wake up, grip activates without you even trying. I started doing this before any upper body work and honestly the difference in how my first pull-up feels is kind of annoying — as in, why did I not do this years ago. Mind you I was also rushing warm-ups for years so that's on me.
the warm-up nobody talks about
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Sana 10 days ago

I do dead hangs occasionally but never thought to time them properly before a session — usually just hang for a few seconds and move on. might actually try the full 3-4 minutes thing

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Jade 10 days ago

ngl never heard of this before, might try it

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Nina 9 days ago

grip activates without trying is so real

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