You do NOT need to stretch prior to resistance training

All newcomers should understand this headed into the New Year

Save your stretching for AFTER your workout

A proper resistance training warm up looks something like this:

- a 5-10 minute brisk walk on the treadmill (optional)
- 50% of your working weight on your first exercise for ~12 reps (mandatory)
- 75% of your working weight on your first exercise for ~6 reps (mandatory)
- 90% of your working weight on your first exercise for ~2 reps (optional)

After you complete the working sets for your first exercise, you may want to repeat the last 3 steps prior to performing your next exercise IF it is an antagonist exercise (Ex: Lat Pull-Down after Sternal Pecs Machine Press OR Seated Leg Curls after Hack Squats)

After that, you probably don’t need any additional warm up sets unless you are just using them as “primers” (sets to make sure your movement pattern / the machine settings / etc. are on point)