honestly just do the warm-up

Right so I used to be that person who'd walk up to the bars and just... start. Like straight into a set. And for a while nothing bad happened so I kept doing it, convinced I was fine because I'm flexible or whatever. Then one day my shoulder just said no. Not an injury exactly but that deep ache that sticks around for two weeks and makes you feel every pull-up for the rest of your life. Tbh that was the wake-up call. Now I do 8-10 minutes before I touch anything — some shoulder circles, hip rotations, a bit of dead hang just to decompress the spine, scapular shrugs. Nothing fancy, I'm not doing a whole routine. But the difference in how the first set feels is massive. My joints are actually warm, I'm not grinding through the first few reps just to loosen up. I mean it sounds obvious when I say it out loud lol but I genuinely think a lot of people skip it because it feels like wasted time when you're eager to train. It's not though. It's basically just the price of admission.