Mobility warm-up

Gym (men) · 59 free video tutorials, each tagged by level

What coaches agree on

  • Begin with a few minutes of light cardio - enough to break a light sweat, around 5 to 10 minutes - to raise your body temperature before you start lifting-specific prep.
  • Warm up with dynamic movements that take your joints through the motion you're about to train, saving long static stretches for after your session.
How to PROPERLY Warm Up Before Weights
Beginner
How to PROPERLY Warm Up Before Weights

Reviewer Clear, structured, ready-to-use routines.

Moderator Exactly the skill: how to warm up before lifting, general, dynamic stretch, specific ramp sets, full routines.

3.7
15 Minute Beginner Stretch Flexibility Routine! (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
15 Minute Beginner Stretch Flexibility Routine! (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Clean, easy-to-follow routine -- good starting point for anyone.

Moderator Exactly what the tag calls for -- a full-body, follow-along beginner flexibility/warm-up routine covering neck, shoulders, chest, lats, hips, all with hold times and breathing cues. Core purpose of the video IS teaching a mobility warm-up.

3.5
15 Minute Beginner Squat Flexibility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
15 Minute Beginner Squat Flexibility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Clear cues, easy to follow, good pre-squat prep.

Moderator A dedicated beginner squat-flexibility follow-along -- hip swivels, 90/90 stretch, internal rotation drills, all framed as warm-up prep for squatting. Squarely on-topic for mobility warm-up.

3.4
8 Minute Full Body Bodyweight Warm Up (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
8 Minute Full Body Bodyweight Warm Up (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Solid calisthenics warm-up, great wrist prep.

Moderator Eight minute bodyweight warm-up follow-along: wrist prep, scapula, downward dog to planche lean, lunges. It is literally a warm-up.

3.3
15 Minute Full Body Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
15 Minute Full Body Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Thorough mobility work that actually loads the ranges.

Moderator Full-body mobility follow-along that explicitly trains mobility not just flexibility: spinal articulation, stick dislocates, cossack squats, good mornings, loaded through range. Bang on.

3.3
12 Minute Hip Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
12 Minute Hip Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Solid, well-cued hip routine you can train along to.

Moderator Full follow-along hip mobility routine: 90/90, internal and external rotation, contract relax. Exactly the sub-skill.

3.3
Overhead Mobility Routine (End Range Strength)
Intermediate
Overhead Mobility Routine (End Range Strength)

Reviewer Specific, well-explained mobility protocol.

Moderator Directly a shoulder/overhead mobility routine — active/passive hangs, butcher's block stretch, end-range conditioning. Core mobility-warm-up content.

3.2
Full Body Mobility Routine (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Beginner
Full Body Mobility Routine (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Reviewer Well-organized routine with clear rationale for each piece.

Moderator A comprehensive full-body mobility routine positioned as the middle ground between passive stretching and loaded mobility work.

3.2
Quick Hip Mobility Routine! (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
Quick Hip Mobility Routine! (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Well-coached hip routine with smart contract-relax work.

Moderator Quick hip mobility follow-along around 90/90 with contract relax and active internal-rotation lifts. On the nose for the sub-skill.

3.2
5 Minute Morning Mobility V2 (FOLLOW ALONG)
Intermediate
5 Minute Morning Mobility V2 (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Solid follow-along with real cueing, not just movement demonstration.

Moderator A morning mobility follow-along, explicitly a 'slightly more advanced' V2 of an earlier routine.

3.1
5 Minute Morning Mobility Routine!
Beginner
5 Minute Morning Mobility Routine!

Reviewer Accessible and well-explained for newcomers.

Moderator A quick 5-minute morning mobility routine, explicitly for general daily use.

3.1
5 Minute Lower Body Mobility Routine!
Beginner
5 Minute Lower Body Mobility Routine!

Reviewer Clear, purposeful, easy to follow along with.

Moderator A dedicated 5-minute lower-body mobility warm-up routine — squarely on topic.

3.1
Luka Hocevar | My Warm Up/Mobility Routine before my leg day ...
Intermediate
Luka Hocevar | My Warm Up/Mobility Routine before my leg day ...

Reviewer Plenty of drills with real cues (belly button lined up with the knee, tension into the floor, slant-board regression, 3-5 second holds). It moves fast and assumes you know the movements.

Moderator A full lower-body mobility routine for leg day: Spider-Man lunge with upper-back rotation and hamstring stretch, 90-90 hip work, goblet squat with hip prying, slant-board calf raises and Cossack squats. A mobility warm-up end to end.

3.0
My #1 Beginner Drill For Hip Flexibility & Strength!
Beginner
My #1 Beginner Drill For Hip Flexibility & Strength!

Reviewer Thorough breakdown, teaches the movement and the reasoning behind it.

Moderator Deep dive on the seated good morning as a hip mobility + strength drill -- benefits, form cues, and progressions/regressions. It's one exercise rather than a full warm-up routine, but it's squarely about improving hip mobility, which fits the tag well.

2.9
15 Minute Squat Mobility Routine! (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
15 Minute Squat Mobility Routine! (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Test-work-retest structure with clear cues — good teaching format.

Moderator Squat-specific mobility follow-along — a focused, highly relevant subset of general gym mobility warm-up work.

2.9
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Beginner
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Moderator A short hip mobility warm-up for before lower-body training or on a recovery day: hurdle step-overs and lateral hurdle step-overs, two to three rounds of eight to ten reps, with a no-hurdle option. On topic, though it is only two drills.

Reviewer Easy to follow and properly dosed, 2-3 rounds of 8-10 reps, with a no-hurdle option. Only two drills, so it is a quick primer, not a full hip routine.

2.8
Dynamic Upper Body Warmup Routine for Fitness ...
Beginner
Dynamic Upper Body Warmup Routine for Fitness ...

Reviewer Usable 2-3 minute routine, and right that a dumbbell held at your side does not load external rotation the way a band does. No reps or time per drill, and the shoulder-pain promise is oversold.

Moderator A 2-3 minute band-based dynamic upper-body warm-up for the shoulders: dislocations, retractions, external rotations, chest flies and a lat stretch, each with a one-line reason. A mobility warm-up from start to finish.

2.7
25 Minute Climbers Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
25 Minute Climbers Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Excellent wrist/forearm detail, useful well beyond just climbers.

Moderator A mobility warm-up routine, but tailored specifically to climbers (heavy wrist/forearm focus) rather than general gym training — still a legitimate warm-up routine, just narrower in scope than the general 'Gym (men)' tag implies.

2.7
Joint-friendly warm-up strategies
Intermediate
Joint-friendly warm-up strategies

Reviewer Practical, no-nonsense warm-up advice.

Moderator Joint-friendly warm-up strategy: pump both sides of a joint, stretchy finisher. Genuinely a warm-up method.

2.7
ATG Basics: Warm-up
Beginner
ATG Basics: Warm-up

Reviewer Sound idea, but thin and vague.

Moderator ATG basics warm-up: forward and backward walking, sled, lateral. Literally a warm-up.

2.5
Don't Make This Flexibility Mistake (2 RULES)
Intermediate
Don't Make This Flexibility Mistake (2 RULES)

Reviewer Smart principles that'll save you from common stretching mistakes.

Moderator Conceptual coaching on flexibility training methodology -- stretch what's tight, stretch for your goals, avoid worsening structural imbalances. It's about the mobility/flexibility discipline generally rather than a specific warm-up routine, but it's directly useful mobility-training guidance.

2.4
Dr. James Hoffmann on Training for Flexibility and Mobility
Intermediate
Dr. James Hoffmann on Training for Flexibility and Mobility

Reviewer Thorough and smart, but heady for a warm-up.

Moderator RP flexibility/mobility lecture. Defines flexibility vs mobility, training methods, dynamic stretch as warm-up. More theory than a warm-up routine, but on-theme.

2.4
My Most Painful Flexibility Drills...
Advanced
My Most Painful Flexibility Drills...

Reviewer Good detail on two drills, not a complete warm-up on its own.

Moderator Covers specific mobility/flexibility drills (lateral hamstring glide, hip flexor stretch variation) with real cueing, but it's framed around 'painful' advanced drills rather than a standard pre-training warm-up -- still squarely mobility work, just a narrower slice of it.

2.3
ATG Zero: My Fitness Formula For Life
Beginner
ATG Zero: My Fitness Formula For Life

Reviewer Practical, credible, easy-to-start mobility teaching.

Moderator An explicitly foundational, 'zero-level' mobility routine — backward walking, dead hangs/bands, and ankle-knee-hip mobility work using a stairwell or chair — this is squarely entry-level mobility/warm-up territory.

2.3
Warm Up and Mobility Science Explained (7 Studies)
Beginner
Warm Up and Mobility Science Explained (7 Studies)

Reviewer Evidence-based, well reasoned.

Moderator Warm-up science with studies, touches mobility and stretching briefly. Skill is mobility warm-up; the warm-up half is well covered, mobility lightly.

2.3
The PERFECT 5 Minute Posture Routine To Increase Your Height
Beginner
The PERFECT 5 Minute Posture Routine To Increase Your Height

Reviewer Explains the why behind each exercise before showing it.

Moderator A five-minute mobility/posture routine targeting back, shoulders, and neck - directly in the mobility work space, even if the height framing is a bit of a hook.

2.1
Fix "Anterior Pelvic Tilt" in 10 Minutes/Day (Daily Exercise Routine)
Beginner
Fix "Anterior Pelvic Tilt" in 10 Minutes/Day (Daily Exercise Routine)

Reviewer Explains the why before the routine - solid structure.

Moderator About correcting a postural/mobility issue that affects squat and deadlift performance, with a daily routine - relevant to mobility work even though it's framed as a fix rather than a pre-workout warm-up.

2.1
Dynamic Leg Day Warm-Up and Stretching Routine
Beginner
Dynamic Leg Day Warm-Up and Stretching Routine

Moderator A leg-day warm-up and cool-down: leg swings, hip circles, bodyweight reverse and side lunges, a half-dynamic hip flexor and hamstring stretch, then static stretches afterwards. The warm-up half is squarely on target for a lower-body day; the cool-down is extra.

Reviewer Simple, sensible leg-day warm-up with a reason for each move. No reps or timing given, and it's lower body only.

2.0
My Top 3: Loaded Mobility Exercises (with BONUS Exercise)
Advanced
My Top 3: Loaded Mobility Exercises (with BONUS Exercise)

Reviewer Good instruction for an advanced mobility tool, just not a warm-up per se.

Moderator This is 'loaded mobility' — weighted mobility drills like the Jefferson curl done as their own 2-3x/week session, not a pre-workout warm-up. Related territory but a different use-case than warming up.

2.0
Do Bodybuilders Need Mobility Work?
Beginner
Do Bodybuilders Need Mobility Work?

Reviewer Sharp, myth-busting take on mobility worth the watch.

Moderator Israetel video is about mobility for hypertrophy, not a warm-up routine. He even argues most mobility and prehab is just warming up or fixing technique. Touches the sub-skill but it is not a warm-up per se.

1.9
"Gotta do leg extensions to warm up for quad training bro"
Intermediate
"Gotta do leg extensions to warm up for quad training bro"

Reviewer The actual warm-up advice buried in here is correct and useful, if you can get past the ranting.

Moderator Framed as debunking a specific myth about leg-extension warm-ups rather than teaching general mobility, but it does land on real, transferable warm-up methodology (light first sets, slow eccentric, pause) — genuinely on-topic content, just wrapped in a rant.

1.7
The Perfect Warm-Up Routine for Peak Performance
Beginner
The Perfect Warm-Up Routine for Peak Performance

Reviewer Solid warm-up explainer, some padding.

Moderator General pre-lift warm-up: energy systems, nervous system priming. Not mobility-focused. Covers warm-up but not the mobility angle.

1.7
Quad & Hip Flexor Flexibility Solutions When Knee Problems Are in The Way!
Advanced
Quad & Hip Flexor Flexibility Solutions When Knee Problems Are in The Way!

Reviewer Smart, patient progression for cranky knees - worth watching if that's your issue.

Moderator This is deep-squat/hip-quad flexibility work he says to do at the END of leg day, not a warm-up. It's real content about knee-friendly range of motion but it's rehab/flexibility programming, not a pre-training mobility routine.

1.6
3-Step “Reverse Out Shoulder Pain” Routine
Beginner
3-Step “Reverse Out Shoulder Pain” Routine

Reviewer Simple, well-explained shoulder-health staples - easy to actually do.

Moderator This is a dedicated 3x8 strength routine for shoulder health (power raise, face pull, external rotation), done for sets and reps - not a dynamic warm-up sequence. Tangential to 'mobility warm-up' at best.

1.5
The Best Posture Workout At Home (FIX YOUR HUNCHBACK!)
Beginner
The Best Posture Workout At Home (FIX YOUR HUNCHBACK!)

Reviewer Well-explained, research-grounded mobility routine.

Moderator A dedicated posture-correction mobility routine (thoracic extension, rotation, activation) that the presenter explicitly says can double as a warm-up before upper body sessions — real overlap with mobility warm-up even though it's framed as posture-fix content.

1.5
Effective Powerlifting Squat Warm Up: Improve Technique ...
Intermediate
Effective Powerlifting Squat Warm Up: Improve Technique ...

Moderator A positional squat warm-up (light weight, slow descent, paused bottom) -- closer to movement prep than classic mobility drills, but still in the neighborhood.

Reviewer Simple, credible way to prime your squat before loading up.

1.4
25 Minute Golf Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)
Beginner
25 Minute Golf Mobility Routine (FOLLOW ALONG)

Reviewer Well-coached follow-along mobility work, just aimed at golfers rather than lifters.

Moderator This is a golf-specific mobility routine, not a general gym warm-up — the drills (spinal rotation, hip stretches) overlap with general mobility work but the framing and targeting is golf, not lifting.

1.4
alejandromatiasfit (@alejandromatias674)'s videos with ...
Intermediate
alejandromatiasfit (@alejandromatias674)'s videos with ...

Moderator A hip-mobility drill list: 90-90 transitions, sumo squat hold, hip-hinge bridge, Cossack stretch, tabletop to down dog. Proper mobility drills that could feed a lower-body warm-up, but it is framed as a mobility menu rather than a warm-up, and it is hips only.

Reviewer Good drill picks for the hips, but no cues, reps or sequencing. You'd need to already know how to do them.

1.3
How To Fix Elbow Pain (BULLETPROOF YOUR ELBOWS!)
Intermediate
How To Fix Elbow Pain (BULLETPROOF YOUR ELBOWS!)

Reviewer Cites real research to explain a non-obvious cause - good depth.

Moderator About correcting elbow pain via forearm strength/mobility work - adjacent to mobility warm-up (prehab), useful but more rehab-focused than a pre-workout routine.

1.3