A 30-Minute Morning Waking-Up & Warming-Up Sequence on Game Day

This is a typical sequence used with my athletic clients to open up the body and get it ready to move and perform. In this sequence, I had ice hockey in mind. After a sequence like this, the practitioner could move to a yoga practice of standing postures, a weight-training session for functional strength, or an energy-system activation sequence of jumps and leaps and active core-power rotational movements before a (ice hockey) game or other sport activity.

This video shows a typical sequence that an athletic person can use to warm-up first thing in the morning on a game day. It does not use weights or other props. All you need is a yoga mat. There is 5 minutes of foam rolling at the beginning and a cool-down period at the end. The intention of the practice is to mobilize and activate the lower body, core, and thoracic spine on an ice-hockey game day.