Warm Up & Cool Down

How often do you walk into the gym and head right for a machine and get going on your workout? If you aren't doing this every time, you are only hurting yourself. And I have to be honest, I am definitely an offender and I know just how important stretching, warming up and cooling down are to your fitness gains so it makes me that much worse! So for those of you that may not be aware of the consequences, I hope after read this, you never skip those 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after your workout to stretch.