skipping warm-ups was costing me more than I realised

Honestly used to be proper guilty of this. Walk in, throw some plates on, get cracking. Physio brain knew better but gym brain didn't care. Took me ages to actually commit to a proper warm-up and the difference is embarrassing tbh. Not even anything fancy — 5 mins on the bike, a few band pull-aparts, some hip circles before leg day. That's basically it. But my first working sets feel so much less grim now, like my body's actually ready to do the thing. I think the mistake most people make is treating warm-up as optional if they're short on time. To be fair I still do it when I'm rushed, I just cut it down. Never skip it fully anymore. Had a shoulder niggle last year that I'm pretty sure came from jumping straight into overhead press cold and I'm not doing that again. - Upper days: band pull-aparts, arm circles, light face pulls - Lower days: bike or row for a few mins, hip 90/90s, bodyweight squats - Push days specifically: I add some empty bar press just to wake the shoulders up Nothing groundbreaking. Just... actually doing it consistently made a difference. Mind you I'm still working on not rushing it when I'm excited to train lol