Warm Up, before you Workout.

Stretching and and warming up your muscles before you workout is very important. Not only does it help prevent injuries and post workout soreness, but it also increases blood flow to the muscles and prepares them to do work. Besides, muscles perform better when they are warmed up and stretched. 

On a cold winter morning, you wouldn't just jump in your car and take off down the road, so why would you expect your body to perform at it peak if you don't warm up before you workout?

For about just about 5 or 10 minutes, you can do a number of stretches and warming up routines. Concentrate on stretching the muscles that you will be working on that day. If you do full body workouts, you can do a light,quarter-mile run on the treadmill; followed by stretching.

So make sure that you consider stretching and warming up as a regular part of your workout routine. It is a small step that will pay hugely towards preventative maintenance, and increase your longevity. Injuries are very detrimental to the achievement of our workout goals.