COMPLEXITY Using Complex Warm-Ups to Jump Start Your Athlete’s Workout

by Mark Hoover
Strength and Conditioning Coach • Piedmont High School (NC)
American Football Monthly August 2012 Issue Online

All high school strength and conditioning coaches are looking for that “magic bullet” or the one thing that will help their student-athletes make incredible jumps in explosive power. Having your athletes perform “complex” warm-ups will help them achieve that goal. A “complex” warm-up is a series of 6-10 exercises, done for a set number of reps, in consecutive order, without resting or changing weights for the entire set.

Here is an example:
1. Upright Row  x4
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