Important Theory on Warming Up, Stretching, posture, and your health

This lesson focuses on staying healthy while training poi by prioritising warm-up, posture, and sustainable technique alongside stretching. You’ll refine how you take the body through range of motion so joints feel warm and lubricated before drilling bigger patterns, reducing repetitive strain risk.

Nick Woolsey contrasts relaxed, full-body movement with positions that torque the shoulder, highlighting posture and alignment as key to injury prevention. Stretching is framed as supportive rather than the main safeguard, with emphasis on listening to your body, avoiding sharp pain, and building habits that keep long sessions comfortable and repeatable.