Originally Posted by: markc2005what is a good way to warm up?

I'd say it very much depends on what you want to be playing, but the main things I try and do when warming up are:

A) Start slow - it's a warm up, not the gig.
B) Take your time - "An older athelete will take more time warming up; this may be down to their need to take longer, but it may also be down to the wisdom gained from experience" - Bruce Lee, Tao Of Jeet Kune Do
C) Stay relaxed - the whole point of warming up is to loosen the muscles and tendons so that they can easily achieve what you want them to; tensing up because you've hit the wrong note is counter productive to your warm-up - again it's the warm-up, not the gig, you can afford the odd mistake here and there until you're on form.

There's many other things I try and do whilst warming up, but these are the things I try and keep in mind when picking up my guitar for the first time that day.

Anyone else care to share they approach?