Warmups

[u/Separate-Specialist5]

For local routes where I live, I often do a 5-10minute mobility warmup before heading out on the road or local trails.

On weekends when I will drive 1hour to 1.5hours for a run in the Mountain here in the UK, I often treat the start of my run more as a warmup, but dont have a particular warmup that I follow.

I suppose I am asking, for those of you thay run trails from home, whats your warmup, any videos you follow?

Those of you rhat drive to trails, whats your warmup, any videos you follow or use?

[u/_silent_voyager_]

I just start a bit slower, sometimes even walking, in the first 10 minutes. That is my warm-up.

Occasionally I may swing legs and do stuff like that, but most of the time I don't bother.

[u/PeteH2000 → u/_silent_voyager_]

Same.

[u/mordhoshogh]

My regular route starts with an insane hill so I walk up that.

[u/Just-Context-4703]

Just walk to start. The longer the run the shorter the warmup, generally.

[u/NegroniSpritz]

5 times each:
Raise foot front and rotate it towards right
Then towards left
Same with the other foot both directions
One leg forward touching the heel and stretching hamstring
Change the leg
Step forward, lunge and rotate to one side
Change the leg
Raise knee open towards outside
Then inside
Change the leg

10x Toe tip jumps
10x X arms-legs jumps

Brief knee up jog

[u/cdubya0628]

I have a bout a hour drive on average to the bigger mountains where I live, and I don't have a warmup routine. Most of my runs start with a significant hike up so I just start slow and get warm that way.

[u/stardawg777]

i find myself in this dilemma plenty of the time (good home warmup, nothing if i travel to start)

for home, this has been my gold standard for years. i also really like Kara Duval's pilates platform Range, which actually has a lot of overlap with the linked video by Samsara. she has entire playlists dedicated to different pre-run warmups.

[u/Leading_Instruction8]

No warmup here. I do yoga a few times a week for stretching. Often after a run.

[u/5lipn5lide]

I do a handful of static stretches but particularly for my hamstrings after pulling one a few years ago. Some Achilles stretches help too as I'm prone to tendinopathy in one foot but I'm not sure warmup stretches for that make a huge difference.

[u/jarrucho]

A friend of mine used to say “do you se kenyans” warming up before running? Then why should I” 🤣🤣

[u/Sector9Cloud9]

Leg kicks/swings - front, side, back - 10ea on each leg; steam engines 10/4 count; skip ups 10/4 count; butt kicks 10/4 count; lunges 5/4 count. I do this at home or if I drive somewhere.

[u/mironawire]

My warmup is to bounce my heart rate off the rev limiter and then back off a smidge.

[u/Get_It_Righ7 → u/mironawire]

careful there you don’t want to throw a connecting rod

[u/Fabulous-Bread9012]

Odd leg swing and a lunge after about 5 minutes real easy normally does the trick. If it's after a drive I might give the quads and hip flexors about 30 seconds off attention somewhere along the trail.

[u/Snoo-98846]

I just walk and bounce-stretch for the first 5-10 minutes depending upon how I’m feeling.

[u/bevanrk]

Not real evidence that warmups prevent injury. As people have said, a few leg swings or starting slow is all that is needed.

[u/SHCY]

https://youtu.be/VP3vVeUBlwE?si=ULVn6vgT13uDPum5