
#64: How to Warm-Up and Cool-Down for Weight Lifting
04/30/24 • 22 min
Most people warm up for weight training with 15 minutes of cardio and walk out of the gym without any kind of cool-down.
There is a better way - and it will enable you to get more out of your session.
Listen to this episode of the podcast to learn more.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Upper body warm-up before lifting weights (gentle mobility) >>
- Lower body warm-up before lifting weights (gentle mobility) >>
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- REGISTER for my FREE Menopause Masterclass April 29th >>
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Most people warm up for weight training with 15 minutes of cardio and walk out of the gym without any kind of cool-down.
There is a better way - and it will enable you to get more out of your session.
Listen to this episode of the podcast to learn more.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Upper body warm-up before lifting weights (gentle mobility) >>
- Lower body warm-up before lifting weights (gentle mobility) >>
- REGISTER for my Fat Loss Workshop April 24th >>
- REGISTER for my FREE Menopause Masterclass April 29th >>
- Kick-start your lifting with my Learn to Lift programs:
- Already lifting? Join my membership >>
- Download my free guide to working with your menopausal body >>
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter>>
- Follow & chat with me on Instagram: befitafter40_withlynn/
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x Lynn
Certified Menopause Fitness Coach
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40+ Fitness: Weight training, fitness & weight loss tips for Women in perimenopause & menopause - #64: How to Warm-Up and Cool-Down for Weight Lifting
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#64: How to Warm-Up and Cool-Down for Weight Lifting
[00:00:00] Welcome to 40+ fitness for women. I'm Lynn, your host, and I am a certified menopause fitness coach helping women in perimenopause and beyond to work with their new bodies. So today we are actually going to be talking about how to warm up. And how to cool down. So what do you do kind of around your weight training session?
Because I get a lot of questions about this and I think some people are skipping it altogether
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