Are Warm Ups Necessary?

Although often overlooked, warmup exercises are an important part of any exercise routine. Your body needs some kind of activity to get your muscles warmed up before you launch into your workout. Warming up can help boost your flexibility and athletic performance, and also reduce your chance of injury.

Is it okay to workout without warm up?

Warming up helps you to gradually increase your heart rate and breathing to a level that will be able to meet the demands of your workout. If you start exercising at a strenuous level without warming up first, you will place unnecessary stress on your heart and lungs.

Why are warm ups bad?

As your warm-up goes on, you run the risk of overheating—and quashing your performance—or going through too much of your body's energy supply, Lim says. What's more, any exercise has the potential to reduce muscle force through fatigue, according to Tomaras.