"Warm-up Sets" are LOL.

[The True Adonis]

Forts Syndrome :
 
An unhealthy obsession with the past and a refusal to live in the present. Symptoms include constant reminiscing about stories, people or events from college despite graduation having taken place in a different century than the one we now live in.
 

I like that.  Now check this out.

[The True Adonis]

 

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[The True Adonis]

nah us humans really arent supposed to be eating concentrated sources of carbohydrates all the time, and especially not from grains. 

Humans aren`t supposed to wear eyeglasses either. 

[Dr Dutch]

Please explain why

As seitan, it's almost 100% protein plus some fiber, hardly carbs and no fats. You can prepare it to taste like chicken or something. I'm amazed it's being eaten so little by bodybuilders...

[doison]

Not really.  I immediately start with 225-240 as my first set.

Haha....what's funny is that's what most long time trainers do, only it IS considered a warm-up.

[DroppingPlates]

As seitan, it's almost 100% protein plus some fiber, hardly carbs and no fats. You can prepare it to taste like chicken or something. I'm amazed it's being eaten so little by bodybuilders...

I've never heard of seitan, but I see it has an interesting Wiki lemma.
In order to consume complete proteins from vegetable sources, it requires more knowledge about which foods & amounts to combine. With animal sources it's much more easy. This and the taste of veg foods are prob the main reasons that BB'ers don't make that switch. However, this could change in the near future, since the prices of animal protein sources are rising.

[Ropo]

Humans aren`t supposed to wear eyeglasses either. 

That is true, but do you know why they do? When mankind was young, nature get rid of the weak individuals by killing them as soon as possible. When you lost your eyesight, you can't hunt and you die without food. This would be great in our time also, because nature would kill all retarded, including you. In the ages of the cave mans, you would be dead already because you are too stupid to survive. There wouldn't be any of those notes which your mom left to you: "Remember, my son: inhale, blow out, inhale ..."     

[NordicNerd]

Not really.  I immediately start with 225-240 as my first set.

What would your typical reps be for each set, and how many sets?

NN

[NordicNerd]

And pointless.  I don`t think I have ever done a single one ever.

I see that you don't use them, but there is quite a bit of research that shows reduced injury risk with proper warm ups.

Besides, there is also evidence showing that one warm up set enhances performance on a subsequent work set. This may be more relevant for powerlifters before a near max one rep lift...

NN

[The True Adonis]

[Jaime]

Fuck not warming up and getting muscle tears and ruining my aesthetics.

If you lift heavy at all you are going to want to hit a few lighter sets first.

I dont warm up for cardio though, the need to stretch prior to cardio is a myth.