20/08/2026
Every Thursday I start the session with Tabata on the Assault Bike, no warm up just jump on and go.
Why? Because it’s hard, it sucks, I don’t want to do it and because it’s good for me. The “it’s good for me reason”, always wins.
If we always do what we want, what is easy, what is nice, we will never develop the skills necessary to push back against hardships.
While I agree 100% that warm ups are good for you. I learned many years ago when I was a Police officer, you sometimes don’t get time to warm up before you do something hard. No bad guy waited for me to roll out my hamstrings before a foot chase.
This has taken a long time to get to the level to be able to do hard stuff without a warm up, and I’m not as good as I once was due to age, but it’s a skill worth developing.
Develop the skill to do hard things and without a warmup.