Why Warming Up Matters (Especially As You Get Older)

April 5, 2026 • By Vivian Thall, BHK

Warm ups

Athletic woman performing a high-knee warm-up exercise on a sunlit park path, with a small group of older adults stretching and walking in the background.

Smart warm-ups boost mobility, muscle activation, performance, and injury prevention, especially after 40, so you can train hard safely and stay strong for decades.

If you’re twenty, you can get away with a lot. If you’re forty or fifty? You can’t. And that’s not a bad thing. It just means you have to train smarter. A proper warm-up isn’t about killing time, it’s about preparing your body to perform. Here’s why it matters and why it’s a great habit to start no ...

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Why Warming Up Matters (Especially As You Get Older)