LeviSS Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Do you dry fire the morning of a match? Live fire? Or do you just go in cold and do a couple draws at the safe area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyBlagga Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 No warm-ups on the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, StealthyBlagga said: No warm-ups on the street No ear or eye protection either. Probably should stop using those sissy pieces of gear or you'll never be a true operator. Yes to warming up with dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzobishop040 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yes warm up at home before I leave Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mitch Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DagoRed Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I don't. I'm normally warm by time I'm through the first four of the five stages. Hmm, maybe I should warm up first Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmarsh1966 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Draw and unloaded sight picture on each stage. Not really sure I would consider that a warm up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pskys2 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 In the safe area when I gear up I'll do half a dozen draws. Looking to insure the rig is set where I want it. Not for practice, if I noticed a problem at that point I'd be screwed anyway. It would mess with your focus the rest of the day. Gear Up, verify, try not to think about technique, trust your training and have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta66 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Maybe one or two draws from the safe area, but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 My warm up usually consists of carrying wall, poppers, target stands and pounding in stakes then after that I may have time to do a couple of draws in the shooting area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 For some reason this thread made me think of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviSS Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 "Snowballs? Snowballs? Where are the f%&!@ Twinkies?!?" Great movie. Thanks guy. I try to dry fire the morning of if I'm not running behind...I usually am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucardus Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I have one of those grip trainers that I use to warm up my hands while I'm driving to the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteGuard Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I dry fire the night before using scaled targets. In the safe area, I draw a couple of times to make sure everything is where I am expecting it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trianglepinoy Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Couple of draws in safe area to check holster position on belt.Warm ups are simple stretching exercises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I don't really consider stretching to be warming up, even though stretching is certainly good to do it just isn't enough by itself. Only stretching before trying to move explosively is not a good prep for moving explosively. Similarly, only stretching before trying to shoot quickly and accurately is also not good prep. A good warm up is going to be centered around prepping for the activities that we are doing. In an ideal world, my warm up for a shooting match would be something like 50 burpees, 10 minutes of dry fire, and 150 rounds of live fire. The burpees are to get my heart rate up and get blood flowing through my legs and arms, the dry fire is to get my hands warm and it's a controlled environment for everything I'm about to do in the match, and the live fire would be to manage recoil, prepare my eyes for reading the sights, and to further prepare my hands for match pace shooting. Since I normally don't have the ability to live fire before the match, I do more dry fire. My warm up for a shooting match is not the same as my warm up for a 1rm clean and jerk which isn't the same as my warm up for running 5 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jake Di Vita said: In an ideal world, my warm up for a shooting match would be something like 50 burpees, 10 minutes of dry fire, and 150 rounds of live fire. I think you have the right idea. I usually jog for 5-10 mins (especially if it's cool out), and do some practice draws and transitions in the safe area. If time allows I'll do some side to side movements, sort of like anderson's call it and leave it drill but without a gun, just to get used to staying low, moving aggressively, etc.... It seems to me that not warming up before a physical competition is pretty much admitting that you don't take it seriously. Might as well not practice too. Edited September 14, 2016 by motosapiens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogiebb Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Nope just a Red Bull before the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARD72977 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Saturday I got up around 5am and did about 30min of dry fire. My squad shot the classifier first. I won the stage shooting production. This is the first time I have warmed up before a match and it was my best first stage ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 On 10/16/2016 at 3:33 PM, GARD72977 said: This is the first time I have warmed up before a match and it was my best first stage ever. Perhaps there is a reason that serious athletes warm up, lol. Once I realized shooting was an athletic competition, and I started warming up, I stopped having crappy first stages. Nowadays my first stage of the day is consistently good instead of always being slower and more cautious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatJones Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I warm up by getting to the match 2 hours early and building a stage. [emoji3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) 10-20 minutes of dry fire in the garage or hotel room morning off. Same of light exercise and stretching as well. Once at range and gear is on, just a few draws in safety area. Then the rest is all visualization. Edited October 20, 2016 by rowdyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstephns Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm lucky to have a range in my back yard. I try to put a few half mags down range and reload a few times to get the jitters down. If I can't do that, I'll do a little bit of dry fire, and course some at the safe area to make sure everything is in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I used to warm up by shooting before the match.... usually at the match the month before. Now it's like the match six months before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerKagato Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I do, normally 15-20 minutes of dry fire/reloads, but I wake up stupid early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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