warmup sets

Definition

The lighter exercises before the real workout that gym bros skip and then wonder why they're injured. They're basically your body's polite request to not immediately destroy your muscles.

Example Usage

He loaded 315 on the bench without any warmup sets and promptly pulled something in his shoulder.

Source: Strength training and exercise science

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mobility drills

Active exercises that improve range of motion and movement quality through controlled motion, as opposed to static stretching that just makes you bendy and weak. It's the difference between being a functional human and a wet noodle.

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amrap

As Many Reps/Rounds As Possible within a time limit—a workout format designed to make you question both your physical limits and your decision-making ability. The fitness version of 'how much can you eat?'

⚽ Sports / Fitness

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wall ball

A medicine ball squat-and-throw exercise where you hurl a weighted ball at a target on the wall, combining the joy of squatting with the upper body aggression of assaulting vertical surfaces.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

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Full Send

Going all out with zero hesitation and even less planning, the fitness equivalent of running into battle without checking if you're wearing pants. It's maximum effort meets minimum forethought, and somehow it works about half the time.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Intermediate

deceleration training

Practicing the ability to safely slow down momentum, crucial for injury prevention in sports requiring direction changes. It's teaching your body to hit the brakes effectively, because acceleration without deceleration is just falling with style.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

Intermediate

the Arnold

A dumbbell shoulder press variation involving a rotation from palms facing the body to palms facing forward, named after Arnold Schwarzenegger. Because if you're going to name an exercise after yourself, you'd better have won Mr. Olympia seven times.

⚽ Sports / Fitness

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