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c/wrong-tool-tales•nathan_barnesnathan_barnes•1mo ago

Hit 1000 deadlifts last month and it changed my mind about my old warmup

I always thought warming up with just the bar was a waste of time. Last month I logged my 1000th deadlift session in my training app and looked back at the numbers. Turns out I had tweaked my back 4 times in the first 500 sessions using no warmup. In the next 500 I used a specific bar-only warmup routine for 5 minutes and had zero injuries. That milestone really convinced me that skipping warmups was dumb bravado. Has anyone else hit a random rep number that made them change a habit?
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faithb78
faithb781mo ago
It's funny how numbers prove what our egos won't let us see.
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paul117
paul1171mo ago
1000 reps just to learn what a warmup does?
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