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Lift Weights to Improve Flexibility and Upgrade your Warm-up Routine

In this video, I'll show you how to save time and get better results in the gym. Lifting weights can actually help you become more flexible and improve your joint range of motion. This might surprise you, but you don't need to do a lot of stretching for this. Further, I'll discuss the latest science on why stretching might actually make you weaker right after you do it. And lastly, I'll give you some easy tips to make your warm-up really effective and quick.

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Timestamps and references below:
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Who am I
1:25 - What is range of motion and its importance
2:10 - Static stretching makes you weaker
journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/abstract/2001/05000/inhibition_of_maximal_voluntary_isokinetic_torque.14.aspx
link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200737030-00003
2:55 - Lifting improves flexibility (study explained) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36622555
6:02 - How improve your warm-up routine (Functional Fitness)
7:17 - Warm-up drill for squats
7:43 - Foam rolling to improve range of motion pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32825976
8:29 - How improve your warm-up routine (Team Sports)
9:02 - I should never stretch?

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