It is important to warm up — yes,even in hot Bakersfield — beforeeach workout to ensure that themuscles and surrounding tissuereceive enough blood and nutri-

ents to perform any required tasksduring actual exercises. Skipping thewarm up can sometimes result inpainful tears that take time and rest toheal.

Try 10 minutes of a dynamic warmup. What exactly is a dynamic warm-up? It involves moving parts of yourbody and gradually increasing reach,speed of movement, or both. Do notconfuse dynamic stretching with bal-listic (bouncing movements) stretch-ing. Dynamic stretching consists ofcontrolled leg and arm swings thattake you gently to the limits of yourrange of motion. Ballistic stretchingforces your body past its safe range ofmotion. In dynamic stretches, thereare no bounces or jerking movements.

An example of dynamic stretchingwould be slow, controlled leg swings,arm swings, or torso twists.

And one more thing: please stayhydrated before, during and afteryour workout. Even the warm upmoves work best when the body ishydrated. Think of driving your carwith an empty tank of gas. Your sys-

tem can, andwill, shut downwith minor ormajor collateraldamage in theform ofinjuries.

Gina Rolow,owner of BodyBy Gina, is apersonal train-er at Anytime

Fitness. Rolow conducts one-on-oneprivate sessions, semi-private ses-sions and a weekend boot camp. Shealso teaches fitness at Cal State Bak-ersfield and has a combined 30 yearsin the fitness industry. Questions andcomments? Email Gina atFitness4life@yahoo.com.

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